In the Tirschenreuth district, the incidence value does not want to decrease at all.
Are there any coronavirus mutations floating around here?
Meanwhile, the district office confirmed a mass infection.
The
Tirschenreuth
district
has the highest
seven-day incidence in Germany
.
The district office has identified suspected cases of a
coronavirus mutation
*.
The district office also confirmed a mass infection in a refugee home (see update from February 3).
Update from February 3:
Again there was a mass infection with the corona virus in a Bavarian refugee home.
As the district office in Tirschenreuth reported on Wednesday, a total of 44 new cases have been registered in a shared accommodation for asylum seekers in the eastern Bavarian district town since the previous day.
This was around half of all new infections found in the district.
The district was previously Germany's corona hotspot.
According to the RKI, Tirschenreuth was still at the top across Germany on Wednesday with a seven-day incidence of 297.
This is followed by the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt (267) and in third place with the Upper Franconian district of Hof, in turn, a district in Bavaria (262). Most recently, the Bavarian Refugee Council sharply criticized the hygiene conditions in the refugee homes after numerous people also stayed in a Bamberg accommodation had been infected.
According to the district administration in Tirschenreuth, only three residents of the accommodation had tested positive there last week.
A serial examination of the almost 100 residents has now revealed the large number of new cases.
All residents of the facility, which is operated by the government of the Upper Palatinate, have been quarantined.
The district in Bavaria leads the sad corona hotspot list - whole families infected
First report from February 2: Munich
- The number of infections with the
corona
virus
*
in the Upper Palatinate district of
Tirschenreuth
on the Czech border is exploding.
The
Robert Koch Institute *
(RKI)
announced a
seven-day incidence
of 322
on Tuesday
.
A sad top value in Germany.
On Monday, the district office announced the new infections that had come over the weekend: 62. 20 cases are people who were already in quarantine as contact persons.
Tirschenreuth: Suspected cases of coronavirus mutations in the district
Research into the cause is in full swing.
It is a diffuse outbreak, according to a press release from the district office on Monday evening.
In several companies in different parts of the district, employees and their families are infected.
Above all, it is younger people.
What is new is that entire families are affected by infections.
Therefore, the authority suspects that there are more contagious mutations of the
coronavirus *
in the district
.
40 suspected cases have already been identified.
They are spread across the entire district.
District Administrator Roland Grillmeier: "Unfortunately, we also have to report that, as in other regions, we have received the
coronavirus mutation *
." Positive cases are randomly
checked
for various
mutations
.
Which
virus variants
are involved is still pending.
Exact sequencing of the
virus
could take up to 14 days.
Various mutations *
have
already
been detected
in some cities and districts of Bavaria
.
No change classes in Tirschenreuth: Final classes have to stay at home
The district office is now checking, in coordination with the health department, the government of Upper Palatinate and the LGL, which further measures and orders must be taken.
The
authority is also in close contact
with companies
that might be affected
by a suspected
coronavirus mutation
.
Serial tests are already being carried out here and further measures are ordered depending on the individual case.
Commuters from the Czech Republic are tested at least three times a week, according to the district office.
There is also bad news for the students in Tirschenreuth:
face-to-face
or
alternating lessons
in the final classes will not take place for the time being.
Distance learning
is still
popular
for them
.
This affects all high school graduates, technical and vocational high schools as well as vocational schools with final and chamber exams.
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