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Coronavirus: Now the Aargau doctor is talking about the positive test

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Canton doctor of Aargau: “The person showed the first symptoms after returning from Italy”

Cantonal doctor Yvonne Hummel comments on the person who tested positive for the corona virus in Aargau.

In Aargau, one person tested positive for the Corona virus. Where did she get infected?
Yvonne Hummel, cantonal doctor: She stayed in northern Italy and then developed flu symptoms. The person reported to the hospital and was checked and tested there.

How is the person doing now
She is fine. She is in a single room in the cantonal hospital and isolated there. Isolation means that contact with other people is kept to a minimum. Doctors and nurses wear a face mask, protective suit, glasses and gloves when they go into the room.

Cantonal doctor Yvonne Hummel. picture: michael würtenberg

How long does the isolation last?
The person remains isolated until they are completely healthy and until the tests are negative.

Do you have to assume that she infected other people?
The person works and does not live alone. So she was in contact with other people. However, the person started to show symptoms three days after returning from Italy and was hospitalized. So it was a relatively short phase in which infections were possible. We were therefore able to narrow down the people with whom the person tested positive had contact. You have been informed and have already been clarified.

Are they also in the hospital?
No. You are in quarantine. This means that they are at home in their own apartment, but are not allowed to leave it and have no closer contact with other people.

However, it is not possible to find out who the person met on the way.
That’s so. But the likelihood of the virus being transmitted in such a situation is extremely small.

People die of the flu every year. Why is there so much fuss about the corona virus?
There is still a good chance that the spread of the corona virus can be curbed. The Corona virus is also a new virus. You can’t really estimate how dangerous it is. New viruses can also change as a result of the transmission. That means they could also become more dangerous. We cannot predict all of this. We are therefore taking all measures to keep the transmission and infection rate low. (nla) (aargauerzeitung.ch)

So you wash your hands properly

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