In a senior citizens' home in Brandenburg, the number of deaths increases after a corona outbreak.
Only about half of the employees there are vaccinated.
A virologist brings up compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups.
Potsdam - In a retirement home in Schorfheide on the Werbellinsee, the number of deaths has increased to eleven after a corona outbreak. The Barnim district announced on Monday. In addition, 44 residents and 15 employees of the facility in the Altenhof district fell ill with Covid-19, reported district spokesman Robert Bachmann of the dpa. According to the information, only about half of the employees are vaccinated. Meanwhile, Brandenburg's Minister of Health Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens) spoke out in favor of daily tests of the nursing staff. A virologist considers compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups in the medical field to be sensible. Meanwhile, the number of corona cases in the country continues to rise. However, vaccination centers should not be reopened for the time being.
Of the eleven deaths in the senior citizens' residence in the Barnim district, the majority were over 80 years old, and all had previous illnesses, reported district spokesman Robert Bachmann. According to him, according to medical officer Heike Zander, the vaccination rate for employees in the facility is only around 50 percent. A fine procedure was imposed against the head of the senior facility because he had re-entered the home after a positive test result. The cause of the outbreak is still unclear, the spokesman said.
The Minister of Health was concerned.
"First of all, I have to say that I am also very shocked by this process, because that is exactly what we wanted to avoid after the experience at the beginning of the year," said Nonnemacher on Monday on Inforadio.
Ministry employees called all inpatient facilities in Brandenburg and asked whether they needed support from vaccination teams.
This home had booster vaccination appointments that had been postponed due to the outbreak.
The virologist at the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (MHB), Frank Hufert, meanwhile, considers compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups to be appropriate.
People who look after high-risk groups such as the elderly should be obliged to get vaccinated, he told the dpa.
Nonnemacher showed understanding for introducing a job-related compulsory vaccination for nurses in the medical sector - also in day care centers and schools. But that will not be so easy to implement. "There are high legal hurdles behind it," she emphasized in the radio interview. Therefore, the staff must be tested again daily in vulnerable areas in the clinics and nursing homes. The lines in the facilities would also have to be “behind”.
The number of corona infections in the country is now skyrocketing.
According to the Ministry of Health on Monday, 128.3 people per 100,000 inhabitants were infected with the coronavirus within seven days after 121.8 the previous day.
Last week it was 86.1.
The Elbe-Elster district reported the highest seven-day incidence with a value of 210.7.
Except for Prignitz (67.0), the city of Brandenburg an der Havel (79.1), Uckermark (83.7) and Frankfurt (Oder) (94.7), all districts and urban districts had an incidence value of 100. In one day, the number of confirmed cases increased by 254 from 414 on Sunday.
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