Retirement home in Hamburg evacuated due to corona infections

Hamburg. It is in one again Hamburg retirement home to an outbreak of the Corona virus came. The pathogen Sars-CoV-2 has been around 70 residents and employees of the KerVita senior center “Am Inselpark” in since March Wilhelmsburg spread. Five residents have died. After a request for assistance from the Hamburg health authority, the fire department deployed on Friday afternoon for a large-scale operation to partially evacuate the retirement home.

The officials pursued the goal, the Covid-19 Strictly separate those with the negative test. That is why around 30 non-infected pensioners were voluntarily taken out of the building and taken to various hospitals. There they are now to be given quarantine medical care for two weeks. It is a purely precautionary measure, the health authority said on request of the evening paper.

Corona in every fifth retirement home in Hamburg

The residents who tested positive for the virus remain isolated in the old people’s home for the time being, provided the symptoms of the lung disease do not become more severe. The KerVita senior center “Am Inselpark” is already the 28th of 150 nursing homes in Hamburg where the coronavirus has broken out – thus affecting every fifth institution in the city. A total of 287 residents have been infected with the virus.

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Hamburg is tightening measures in old people’s homes

Against the background of an increase in Covid-19 diseases in old people’s homes in Hamburg, the health authority has tightened the precautionary measures. In addition to the already existing ban on visits, the prevention and hygiene regulations were expanded, health senator Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks (SPD) said on Friday. Nursing facilities are now obliged to make the necessary preparations for a corona outbreak.

In addition, the prerequisites for the referral and remittance of nursing staff between the care facility and the hospital were regulated. Furthermore, residents and employees of retirement homes must undergo extensive testing if an infection occurs.

Corona: Retirement homes have to accommodate residents

In the future, hospitals should be informed in advance if there is an accumulation of corona cases or pneumonia in the care facility from which a patient comes. There is an accumulation if there are two or more cases. However, treatment should not be refused.

At the same time, residential and care facilities remain obliged to make new admissions. Before an admission, however, tests should as far as possible ensure that no one infected with Covid-19 is admitted.

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