In Berlin, a complete clinic has been cordoned off because of the corona mutation B.1.1.7.
20 cases have now been confirmed.
The city reacts to the developments.
The highly contagious corona mutation B.1.1.7 * is spreading in Germany.
Several cases were found in a clinic in Berlin.
The staff has been quarantined.
(see first report)
An employee of the clinic is not surprised to see the mutation.
(see update from January 23, 7:31 p.m.).
The city of Berlin is now looking for more cases.
The clinic is also taking further measures.
(see update from January 24th, 9:24 pm)
Update from January 24, 9:24 p.m.:
20 people in the Humboldt Clinic in Berlin were infected with the highly contagious corona mutation B.1.1.7.
According to the
Tagesspiegel,
no further cases were known
on Sunday
.
However, one of the infected patients is no longer in the hospital: He was transferred to the
Vivantes Clinic in
Spandau and has been isolated since then.
"It cannot be ruled out that further cases will be found in the now extensive tests," said Vivantes boss Danckert.
"We research all internal and external transfers."
Corona mutation in Berlin clinic: City is looking for more cases
The wife of a
corona patient
reported to the newspaper and criticized the communication of the clinic management.
Relatives were not informed in time.
You only found out about the events through media reports.
In general, Berlin wants to increasingly rely on examinations of corona samples in order to find mutation
cases
, as reported by several media in citing the Berlin
Senator for
Health
Dilek Kalayci
.
Around
1,500 clinic employees at
the Humboldt Clinic have been in shuttle quarantine since Friday.
You are only allowed to move between work and place of residence.
So that those affected have no contact with others on the way to work, minibuses should take them to work and back home.
They should also receive shopping support.
Highly contagious corona mutation: entire clinic under quarantine - security staff keep watch
Update from January 23, 9:58 p.m.:
The Berlin Humboldt Clinic of the operator Vivantes was cordoned off due to a corona outbreak of the mutation B.1.1.7.
No new patient will be admitted, there is a ban on visits.
The hospital staff is under shuttle quarantine.
Employees are only required to move between work and home.
The clinic has hired security staff to ensure that the measures are adhered to.
The reported
Bild.de
.
"Nobody has told us how long the quarantine will last," a clinic employee reportedly told the newspaper.
Unlike the entrances to the hospital, the restricted mobility of the hospital staff is not controlled.
"The pendulum quarantine is your own responsibility," said a spokeswoman against
Bild.de
.
After the corona mutation outbreak: Berlin clinic employees worried
Update from January 23, 7:31 p.m.:
By Saturday evening, 20 people were registered in the Berlin Humboldt Clinic who are verifiably infected with the coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7.
As
reported by
the
Tagesspiegel
, it is mainly patients who are affected.
Among the 20 people there are said to be six members of the hospital staff who are supposed to work in the ward for internal medicine and cardiology.
The outbreak was identified through routine screenings.
One employee is not very surprised that the mutation appeared in the Berlin hospital.
“We knew that we had the Corona mutation in the house - and that was not unusual in principle.
We handle most of the corona cases in Berlin.
It was then clear that it would hit us at some point.
But
nobody expected
that the mutation
would
spread so rapidly
despite all the hygiene and safety precautions
”, the employee, who wants to remain anonymous, is
said to have
told
Focus Online
.
Above all, unnoticed spreading worries him.
“Hundreds of my colleagues have been at home with their families in the past few days, they were out and about, shopping.
It could soon turn out that not only 20, but maybe 200 or many more are infected.
That would be a catastrophe for us - and for Berlin. ”On Friday evening (January 22nd) the
Humboldt Clinic
reported
that the hospital could no longer admit patients due to an outbreak of the virus.
At first there was
talk
of
14 infected people
.
Highly contagious corona mutation: Humboldt Clinic Berlin under quarantine
First report from January 23, 3 p.m .:
Berlin - In Germany, cases of the
coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7 are increasing
.
Apparently
14 new cases have
now been
detected
among staff and patients at the
Humboldt Clinic in Berlin
.
This is reported by the
Tagesspiegel
.
The entire clinic was then quarantined.
According to the media report, experts assume that a
mid-double-digit number of employees and patients could already be infected with the virus
.
Even
members of the hospital staff
could be affected accordingly, whether they are already the first symptoms occurred.
Corona mutation in Berlin: Clinic staff in "shuttle quarantine" - patient admission stopped
The clinic staff was placed under so-called
"pendulum quarantine"
.
This means that employees are only allowed to
commute between work and home
, but not use public transport.
In addition,
patient
admission was
temporarily stopped
to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7.
The mutation B.1.1.7 * had appeared in the southeastern English county of Kent at the end of last year and had spread rapidly.
According to British experts, the variant that has appeared in Great Britain is
30 to 70 percent easier to transmit *
and
possibly even more deadly
than the previously prevalent one.
(sk) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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