In Zurich nightlife, one person infected several others with Covid-19. The health director is upset about the behavior of the party goers.
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The essentials in brief:
Last weekend, a party goer in the Zurich Flamingo Club infected several other people with the corona virus. Three of the infected people were traveling together as a group all day, as one infected person tells here.
According to health director Natalie Rickli, many party goers do not behave responsibly, a third of the guests at Club Flamingo gave incorrect contact information.
The “Superspreader Event” in a club in Zurich has worried the canton of Zurich. Many visitors have given incorrect addresses. This has severely hindered the investigators’ work. Nevertheless, the government does not currently want to close Zurich clubs, as health director Natalie Rickli said on Sunday at a media conference in Zurich. Rickli criticized that many party goers insulted the contact investigators during their research work and left the club operators with incorrect e-mail addresses.
The Zurich health director was disappointed that the partygoers did not adhere to the hygiene rules this weekend either. “It can’t go on like this,” she said. She called on club operators to check visitors’ identity cards, “Fake names are not enough.”
On June 21, the first so-called “superspreader event” took place in the canton of Zurich. A man who was in the Flamingo Club in Zurich tested positive for Covid-19. Five other people who were with him in the club subsequently developed symptoms and were also tested positive for the coronavirus. Explosive: The group also traveled to several other clubs and restaurants on the same day, as one infected person says.
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Meier: “The canton could introduce a curfew again.”
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Rickli: “We’ll be sitting with the club operators again next week. It must not be that the party society brings the virus back to the people. If we had to wear a mask for the clubs, nobody would go there anymore. »
Meier: “Because it is difficult with the masks in the clubs, we ask for the addresses to be given. Anyone who exposes himself to the risk must expect to be in quarantine. »
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Meier: “About a third of the addresses given in Club Flamingo was wrong.”
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Meier: «We call at the beginning, then again on the 4th and 7th day to ask the people. But we don’t want to be a surveillance police. But ask how people are doing. »
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Rickli: «Next weekend will show whether it works better. If this is not the case, we reserve the right to close clubs. »
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“It can’t go on like this!” Says Rickli
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There have been 46 new cases since Friday morning. «That worries us, especially since the holidays are coming up. At the moment, it is mainly young people who are infected, but they infect others, so that vulnerable people are also at risk, »says cantonal doctor Meier.
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Christiane Meier says the super spreader was in a club on the 21st. There he infected five people. It was tested positive a few days later. The canton only reached the club owner on the 27th. As a result, the canton contacted about 300 people, who must remain in quarantine until July 1st. A lot of email addresses were unfortunately wrong. For this, people contacted the canton who were not on the list.
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Different clubs behaved in an exemplary manner, says Rickli. However, not everything works. “We won’t close any clubs tonight, although we could!” Says the health director. “We are again discussing with the clubs how to improve the situation.”
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Health director Natalie Rickli informs that new cases have already been reported on Sunday, including sporting events. “Our calls to be careful have not been followed.” The contract tracing team is not prepared for everything. And in some cases people give wrong addresses, including vulgar ones. You obviously understand the whole thing as a joke. “Contact tracing cannot work that way!” Says Rickli. It is also worrying that the tracers are sometimes insulted and insulted on the phone.
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Last weekend, a party goer in the Zurich Club Flamingo infected several other people with the corona virus (we reported). It is now also known that the infected people visited several local and public places on the same day. Three people were together as a group all day, as one infected person tells here.
Now government councilor Natalie Rickli (health director) and cantonal doctor ad interim Christiane Meier provide information about the superspreader event “and the associated challenges for contact tracing”, as the invitation to the media conference says.
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