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The development in the number of new infections in Vorarlberg “pushed the infection team to its limits of capacity,” he said Friday night in a broadcast from the state. “We will no longer be able to maintain the full scope of contact tracing in the near future and will therefore have to focus on high-risk groups,” announced Health Minister Martina Rüscher (ÖVP).
“We will prioritize certain groups,” added Medical Director Wolfgang Grabher. “In addition to the sick, they are people from the same household, people with close contacts or with reference to particularly threatened groups.” Consequently, an average of 115 new infections per day was recorded in Vorarlberg in the last seven days. Around 2,000 contact persons are connected to this newspaper.
The infection team examines contact cases
According to Grabher, the current procedure works like this: in the course of the initial call to the infected person, in addition to the most important information about the person in question, a survey of close contact persons is initiated. All contact persons are registered using a digital form by the patient himself with a precise description of the contact and the time.
These contact cases are controlled by the infection team. People in their own home or with very intense contacts or with points of contact with groups particularly susceptible to health are identified and separated by notification without further contact.
New approach in Vorarlberg
This procedure is initially planned for two weeks, it serves to speed up the procedures and relieve the team of infection. “The very elaborate prosecution, as it is currently happening, is no longer possible with these high numbers. Therefore, we are reacting and we are only talking about the complaint of the sick,” said Grabher. It is very possible that not all contact persons will register in this way.
People who believe that they are contact persons with close contact and contact with particularly vulnerable groups, but who have not been segregated, should contact the sick person with a late registration request. People who have little contact with infected people are no longer actively contacted, but are asked to greatly reduce their social contacts and monitor their health.
