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Sudden increase in old people's homes: 86 residents tested positive for the corona virus

2021-12-17T04:42:23.129Z


Sudden increase in old people's homes: 86 residents tested positive for the corona virus Created: 12/17/2021, 05:30 AM From: Max Wochinger However, the number of infections in care facilities has almost tripled compared to last week. (Symbol picture) © Sina Schuldt / dpa In the previous week there were 32 residents. There may also be a second school with a suspected Omicron case. District - T


Sudden increase in old people's homes: 86 residents tested positive for the corona virus

Created: 12/17/2021, 05:30 AM

From: Max Wochinger

However, the number of infections in care facilities has almost tripled compared to last week.

(Symbol picture) © Sina Schuldt / dpa

In the previous week there were 32 residents.

There may also be a second school with a suspected Omicron case.

District - The seven-day incidence in the Munich district is falling.

However, the number of infections in care facilities has almost tripled compared to last week.

A second school may also be affected by the new Omikron virus variant.

A week ago, an entire class and teachers at the Lise Meitner High School in Unterhaching had to be quarantined because of a suspected Omikron case.

Health department manager Gerhard Schmid warns urgently about the new mutant.

Six deaths in old people's home

Only the day before yesterday it became known that there was a corona outbreak in a retirement home in Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn (we reported).

In the facility "Wohnen am Schlossanger", six residents have died with or from Corona since November 15.

At a press conference on Thursday, District Administrator Christoph Göbel (CSU) announced that the number of infections in old people's homes has increased massively.

86 residents are currently tested positive, last week there were 32. The number of facilities, namely twelve, remained unchanged.

"Infections skipped over," said Goebel.

The residents of the facilities are believed to have contracted the corona virus from one another.

The district administrator emphasized that the infected are vaccinated, the majority have even received the booster vaccination.

Therefore, the infected residents would only have an asymptomatic or mild course, said Göbel.

Infection with the coronavirus is also possible with vaccination protection.

Two Omicron cases detected so far

According to the district administration, there are no new, confirmed infections with the Omikron variant. So far, two Omikron cases have been detected in the Munich district. However, there may be another suspected case at a second school, said health department manager Schmid at the press conference. The doctor did not mention the name of the school. At least one complete class must now be quarantined at the facility. In total, more than 160 groups from almost 110 facilities are affected by corona cases.

Since Friday last week, a class and several teachers from the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium in Unterhaching have been in quarantine due to a suspected case.

So far it has not been possible to confirm whether the infection is the omicron variant.

Only genome sequencing brings certainty about the type of variant, the process can sometimes take a long time, said Schmid.

How did the suspicion at the Unterhachinger school come about?

Gerhard Schmid didn't want to say anything about this in order to protect those affected.

"Technical laboratory information" after a positive PCR test can lead to a suspected Omicron case, said the doctor, as well as the stay in a virus variant area.

Contact with an infected person with Omikron can also be classified as a suspected case.

If the responsible district office classifies an infection as a suspected Omikron case, affected contact persons must be in quarantine for two weeks.

At the end of the 14 days you have to do a PCR test.

Health department manager Schmid warns of the highly contagious Omikron variant.

"It will certainly continue to spread," he said.

Now there is still the chance to delay the "steep increase in quantity" - with a vaccination.

“Boosting is the best thing we can do,” says the doctor.

Mortality, i.e. the number of omicron deaths based on the total number of vaccinated and unvaccinated people, will be higher than with other virus variants.

Because the risk of infection is higher.

Vaccination centers open over Christmas

So that the vaccination rate in the district can be maintained, all three vaccination centers will remain open over Christmas at the usual times.

Only on Christmas Eve are these, like most shops, only open until lunchtime.

To protect against the Omikron variant, it is necessary to leave the vaccinators open, said District Administrator Göbel.

For the time being there is sufficient vaccine, almost 77,000 doses are currently in stock.

Almost 260,000 people are already fully vaccinated.

Twelve people from the district are severely ill with Covid-19 and are in hospital.

Source: merkur

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