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Corona alarm in a hospital in Linz. Six members of the nursing staff of the acute ward of the Sisters of Mercy tested positive for Covid-19.
Six employees of the acute room of the Ordensklinikum tested positive for Covid-19 in recent days. “Due to the management of contact persons initiated immediately, the contact persons were tested and quarantined in close collaboration with the responsible authorities. The care of patients in the affected area was and is assured at all times,” he said the hospital on a broadcast Tuesday.
As a “Today”-The revealed demand is another detail but also interesting. The hospital’s acute ward is currently made up almost exclusively of patients with their own crown. “However, we can almost certainly rule out that our employees were infected with a patient,” says hospital spokeswoman Andrea Fürtauer-Mann.
Protective clothing prevents infection.
The reason: station personnel always wear protective clothing, which makes infection impossible. And the patients weren’t in danger of getting infected either, as they were already suffering from Covid-19 anyway.
“Those employees who had personal contact with affected colleagues have not shown any symptoms of illness so far; they have been quarantined at home to prevent further spread,” the hospital also announced.
