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– we have an outbreak without known source of infection. So now we want to map the environment.
Here’s what Trondheim Acting City Chief Physician Elizabeth Kimbell tells NRK.
The outbreak affects the Eritrean environment of the city, where a total of eight people have so far been diagnosed with the infection.
Now they are asking all Eritreans in Trondheim to put themselves to the test.
– It’s about mapping all the people who may have been exposed to an infection, so that we can quickly take control.
YOU WANT TO MAP QUICKLY: Elizabeth Kimbell, Acting Municipal Chief Medical Officer, wants a quick overview of the infection in the Eritrean environment.
Photo: Anders Werner Øfsti / NRK
Has provided interpreters
The Municipality of Trondheim has now worked hard in collaboration with contact persons associated with, among other things, congregations of which Eritreans are a part.
In addition, the municipality answers the corona telephone with employees who know the mother tongue, if Eritreans want to call the municipality for information.
– We will staff our services with people who can speak your native language, says Kimbell.
She says they don’t have a full description, but hopes that rapid infection detection will help the situation. The municipality also does not have a complete overview of the Eritrea environment, but estimates that between 600 and 700 people have received information about the situation and encouragement to test themselves.
Outbreak of infection at the Christmas show
Intensive monitoring for infections is also carried out after the “Christmas mood” production at Olavshallen. So far, a total of six people have been diagnosed with an infection related to this outbreak.
In this case, infection monitoring is still ongoing and a large number of people have been asked to get tested.
– We have a little more overview here, because this applies to people who are connected to the settings and their families and social contacts. Here we also track infections, says Kimbell.
Provide information to members
– We encourage everyone to go and put themselves to the test, says Israel S. Aga.
He is chairman of the board of Ebenezer Evangeliske Kirke, which is located in Trondheim.
Most of the church members are from Ethiopia, but 5 percent are from Eritrea. It is now working to disseminate information about the outbreak to its members.
– We try to reach the majority of members. We provide information in church on Sundays. Also, we say ask everyone who has to test themselves.
There are about 150 members of the church, in addition to their children. Also digitally, it is now working to extract information,
– We have accounts on social networks where we leave with information, says Aga.
