On Thursday there were five cases of Corona in a senior nursing home in Munich.
The disease broke out in a closed dementia ward.
There were several cases of Covid-19 in a senior citizens' care and residential home in Munich *.
The affected station has been placed in quarantine.
The health department is in close contact with the facility management.
Munich
-
Munich has been
a
corona hotspot
since last week
.
In order to prevent the spread of the virus *, a
general
decree was issued and strict rules were imposed.
Nevertheless, the number of cases is consistently high.
And now there are five more new cases.
The precarious thing is that these five newly infected residents are residents of a
senior citizen's home in Munich
.
Corona outbreak in Munich senior citizens' home: Rescue workers bring residents to the hospital
The affected residential and nursing home for senior citizens is the
women's monastery at Luitpoldpark
.
From a well-informed source,
tz.de
learned that
rescue workers
in protective clothing were called
there last Thursday (September 24th)
to bring
two residents to the nearby
Schwabing hospital
.
The next Corona station is there.
One
patient
is probably a 93-year-old woman who
is housed
in the
dementia ward
.
Both appeared to have
shown
severe symptoms
.
A little later, the entire station was tested for Covid-19 *.
A total of five people were infected with the disease.
The
Munich health department
confirmed
the cases in the
women's pen
on Sunday
.
It says that both women only had a fever and did not show any
severe symptoms
.
They could have left the hospital on the same day and were taken back to their ward.
The
health department also
writes
in a statement that there is a lively exchange with the facility management.
The affected people are isolated and the necessary
hygiene measures
have been taken.
The situation is nevertheless difficult, as the demented residents could have difficulties
complying with
the
isolation and hygiene rules
due to this disease
.
Corona exploitation in Munich senior citizens' home: So far, no statement from the facility management
After several inquiries, the facility management did not provide any information about the incidents at the weekend.
One could only
comment
on the outbreak in the
women's pen
on Monday
.
It is also unclear how the
virus got
into the closed
dementia ward
.
It could be that either visitors or caregivers or cleaning staff brought the disease in.
The
health department
confirmed, however, that the
contact persons are being
identified and that the follow-up is being worked on.
The
women's monastery at Luitpoldpark
is currently the only senior citizen facility in
Munich
with acute
Covid 19 cases
, the authority announced.
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