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“Ten residents and six employees of a nursing home in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a rapid antigen test, and there are also 20 positive cases at the Güssing road maintenance depot,” Burgenland’s Coronavirus Coordination Office said. In both cases, the source of infection for the first positive cases is suspected to be in the private sphere.
“In the nursing home, after the first case of infection, all the staff and all the residents of the center were tested. The health authority and the operator of the facility immediately took all necessary measures, “the coordinating staff said in a press release on Monday. The nursing home could continue to operate. Further test results are still awaited and recommended the prohibition of visits.
After the first case of infection was known, all employees of the Güssing road maintenance depot were also subjected to an environmental test as a precautionary measure, in which the other cases of infection were identified, so that currently the number of employees infected is 20. Infected employees are in officially ordered home quarantine.
In both the nursing home and the Güssing road maintenance depot, all prescribed protection and hygiene measures have been and are being observed to ensure optimal protection of the residents of the nursing home and the staff of both installations. Contacts are being closely followed up.
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