To keep the Omikron wave small: the population can make a “decisive contribution”
Created: 12/31/2021, 09:15 AM
From: Katarina Amtmann
The population can play a decisive role in keeping the omicron wave small (symbol image).
© Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa / dpa-Bildfunk
The corona situation is tense.
With a view to New Year's Eve and the Omikron variant, a clinic appeals to the population.
Erlangen - The Omikron development in the region is currently being observed with concern and uncertainty at the Erlangen University Hospital.
In particular, the tense staff situation and the high capacity utilization of the intensive care units could possibly affect the operation of one of the largest hospitals in Franconia.
And press spokesman Michael Rabenstein made it
clear
to
infranken.de
that the population themselves had a "decisive share" in the course of the expected wave.
New Year's Eve is also important.
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Corona situation "very tense" - employees at the limit, operating theater cut back
At the Erlangen University Clinic there is "a comprehensive hygiene concept that has proven itself since the beginning of the corona pandemic and is ultimately independent of the virus variant," said Rabenstein when asked whether there was a special emergency plan for the Omikron variant.
"An adjustment is therefore not necessary."
He described the situation at the university clinic as "very tense." The employees in the intensive care and corona wards are at their limit, Rabenstein told the portal.
There are hardly any personnel reserves left, the operating theater has already been cut back.
Does the Omikron variant have an impact on hospital operations?
If "more employees are now absent due to infections and quarantine regulations", Rabenstein told
infranken.de,
"whether it is that they themselves or, for example, children who require care are being sent into quarantine", this would "of course have an impact on hospital operations".
Is there a risk that operations will have to be significantly restricted?
In view of the "very virulent Omikron virus variant and the fact that we currently know relatively little about the new virus variant, this cannot yet be reliably assessed," the spokesman continued.
One reacts "at short notice to changing situations in close coordination with the medical director of hospital coordination and the hospitals in the region."
Corona infection numbers for Bavaria from December 31, 2021
To keep the Omikron wave small: the population can make a “decisive contribution”
In the interview he makes it clear that the population can make an important contribution to keeping the omicron wave small.
According to the university clinic, people's behavior on New Year's Eve is also important.
"Compliance with hygiene and distance rules as well as minimizing contact on New Year's Eve as well as vaccinating, vaccinating and vaccinating, of course," according to the appeal.
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You can find an overview of the applicable New Year's Eve rules here.
