Several dozen residents and numerous employees have been infected with the corona virus in a Munich retirement home.
Measures are now being taken - but one must be avoided.
More than 40 people were infected with the corona virus in a retirement home in Munich.
However, isolating many of those affected appears to be difficult to implement.
But there is also good news in the whole drama.
Munich - In the
old people's home of the Bavarian Red Cross at Kieferngarten
, 33 residents and ten employees were
infected
with
Corona *
.
"Unfortunately, at this point in time, it is not possible to clarify exactly how the
infection
occurred
," says a spokeswoman for the BRK social service company at
tz
.
A total of
580 senior citizens
live in the home
, 460 self-employed in assisted living.
120 seniors live in inpatient care.
237 employees work in the facility.
The infected residents are
residents of inpatient care
.
“The majority of those infected live in a living area.
The people living there are
demented,
”says the spokeswoman.
People have a high urge to move around,
isolation measures
with only staying in the room are difficult to implement and also not understandable for the residents.
"Therefore,
contact tracking is
very difficult."
Markus Söder expects the number of infections to rise rapidly
Corona outbreak in old people's home: pandemic zones and further series tests as a reaction
A spokeswoman for the Department for Health and Environment (RGU) says to
tz
: “
Pandemic zones have been
set up
in the home
.
There is intensive contact
with the
care service management, all
hygiene and insulation
measures were coordinated with the RGU. ”In addition, the facility is
looked after
by an
external, state-approved hygiene specialist
.
Furthermore, further
series
tests
*
would be carried out
in consultation with the RGU.
The social service of the Bavarian Red Cross is
responsible for 26 senior citizen residences
throughout Bavaria.
Except in the Kieferngarten home, there have been no
coronavirus outbreaks
anywhere
.
And there, the people affected are mostly
symptom-free *
.
“Only one employee shows
flu symptoms
.
None of the people affected are in the hospital. ”
(S. Karowski) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
You can find out how the corona crisis in Bavaria * is developing in our news ticker.
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