The Bayreuth Clinic only accepts patients in absolute emergencies.
A corona mutation outbreak is suspected in the hospital.
Bavaria is still in corona lockdown until at least mid-February. *
There is now an admission freeze at the Bayreuth Clinic.
There may have been a corona mutation outbreak there. *
You can read all the news about the coronavirus * in Bavaria in our news ticker.
Update January 26, 8:01 p.m.:
It
is currently unclear
on which
stations
at the
Bayreuth Clinic
the
corona mutation
could have spread.
They said they were in constant consultation with the
Ministry of Health
and the
Government of Upper Franconia
, explained
Bayreuth District Florian Wiedemann
(CDU) compared with the
Bavarian Radio
.
For the time being, you have to stick to the "drastic measures" with regard to
quarantine of
the employees
for at least seven days
.
Speculations
about the spread of the virus variant - also outside the clinic - should be avoided "in this situation", says Thomas Bollinger, chief physician and virologist at the clinic.
“Even if it seems very spectacular in public, it is routine for us.
We are professional enough to deal with the uncertainty surrounding the mutation, ”says Bollinger.
Corona mutation at the Bayreuth Clinic: person had returned from a trip
Original notification:
Bayreuth - Due to the suspicion of an outbreak of a highly contagious coronavirus mutation *, the
Bayreuth Clinic
has
closed its houses for the time being.
As the clinic announced on Tuesday, patients are only admitted in absolute
emergencies
.
All planned interventions should be canceled and patients should only be discharged after two negative test results.
"The situation in the
large Bayreuth hospital
is currently
tense, but under control," emphasized the clinic.
The
mutation B.1.1.7
from England was first detected in Bayreuth in a person who had returned from a
trip
.
The clinic then had 30 samples examined - in eleven cases there is actually a suspicion of a mutation, in two samples it is still questionable.
The
clinic does not expect
the final
result for
another two weeks.
Currently 99 of the more than 3,300 employees at the clinic have tested positive for the coronavirus *.
A
series of tests
on the weekend of over 2,800 employees revealed 18 cases.
"They are all in quarantine and not on duty," it said.
But all other employees of the clinic are only allowed to come to work without public transport and are otherwise in quarantine.
Corona outbreak in Bayreuth Clinic: All patients should be tested
The virus broke out on several stations in the hospital.
Little by little, all patients should be tested for the coronavirus *.
As of Tuesday,
80 Covid 19 patients were being
treated
according to the clinic
, eleven of them intensively.
The mutation B.1.1.7 is not more dangerous in the course of the disease, but is much more contagious, said the clinic.
Depending on the study, the risk of infection should be
50 to 70 percent
higher.
(kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
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