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– During the outbreak in Hyllestad, there was a lack of a systematic overview of cases and close contacts, FHI writes in the report released Monday.
A total of 131 people were infected during the outbreak in the municipality of just over 1,300 inhabitants.
They claim that many actors, with an unclear division of responsibilities, led to communication failures and made it difficult to deal with the outbreak.
– Small municipalities with larger activities where they use guest workers are particularly vulnerable during major outbreaks in the workplace, writes FHI.
– Lack of understanding
The criticism is mainly about the problem with the flow of information to the guest workers.
The report points out the difficulties in obtaining information to workers about the reason for the tests, the need for quarantine and isolation.
There was also a problem determining how long these periods should last and how important it was to observe them.
– After conversations with some employees, it was clear that some of the information did not reach them, and there were challenges in asking questions in their own languages and also clarifying the situation. Some also lack an understanding of the severity of the infection, writes FHI.
Shipyard owner Erlend Hatleberg will not comment on the criticism until he has read the report.
Only the men got infected
Most of those infected were from Poland, but there were also people from Romania, Norway and other countries.
All cases were men, the average age was 45.2 years between.
FHI is clear in its criticism of how the flow of information did not work when it was at its worst.
– In addition to purely linguistic challenges, the flow of information was weakened by many stakeholders, writes FHI.
In the shipyard, in addition to the permanent employees, there were several subcontractors and subcontractors of them again.
