day by Day increases the number of coronasmittede at a Danish nursing home.
Saturday was the number of infected employees on VendelboCentret in the far east increased from four to nine. Also, a single resident has been tested positive.
Five employees, who have symptoms, are discharged, while two residents have been diagnosed with symptoms.
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Director of Hjørring Municipality’s Health-, Elderly – and Handicapforvaltningen Leif Serup call the development ‘very worrying’.
the Development is highly worrisome, and we do everything we can to find out what the extent, in fact, is via the tests, which employees and staff have been taken on Friday, he says to DR Nordjylland.
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to Ekstra Bladet says Leif Serup, that Tuesday night was aware that an employee was infected with the coronavirus.
– next, the whole of the care centre tested. This applies to both the residents and the staff. Thursday and Friday testsvarene, which shows that some have been infected without having any symptoms, while others start to develop symptoms later, Leif Serup.
care centre has nearly 70 residents and the same number of employees. The infected are all affiliated with the same department, which has 15 residents.
the Residents have all been asked to stay in their own homes, and so the employees must use the enhanced protective equipment. The resident, who is infected with the corona, is not admitted, but are still at the care centre, says Leif Serup.
you Can understand if there are some relatives out there and are concerned about their family members becoming infected? The virus might have spread to other departments and employees, who may not have symptoms at the present time.
– We are all concerned about it here – both the staff, the relatives and the management. We do not know the source of the infection, but is continuously in contact with the smittesporingsenheden, which has the task to track the infection.
Friday were all tested again. Leif Serup expect that the answers will come later Sunday.
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