Large coronavirus outbreak in Neamț County. 100 disabled people in one center were infected



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Large coronavirus outbreak in Neamț County, at a center for people with disabilities, where160 people, employees and beneficiaries were infected.

Is about 100 patients and 67 employees.

“COVID-19 positive employees, who were in preventive isolation at home, were hospitalized and the families were placed in isolation at home,” Radu Firăstrău, director of DSP Neamț told Digi24.

Beneficiaries with mild or asymptomatic forms are treated at the center.

“After consultations between the heads of the DGASPC, the Centro Păstrăveni and medical specialists, it was established that employees who should have finished the period of isolation at work should continue working, and those in the first shift who received negative results should come to work too, “according to the source cited.

Another source of infection is at the “Sancta Maria” Piatra-Neamt Center for Children with Disabilities, where there are 6 cases of COVID-19 among employees and 13 among youth at the institution, Firăstrău said.

“The staff was hospitalized for isolation and treatment. Asymptomatic youth were isolated at the center, in a separate room, evaluated by infectious disease physicians and monitored by specialized center staff,” he said. stated the leadership of DSP Neamţ.

Nursing and caregiver testing began on April 16.

Her tests had to be done twice a month, at the beginning of each period of preventive isolation at work.

Samples were collected from 21 public and private nursing homes, from 245 employees and beneficiaries.

COVID-19 infection was confirmed for 4 employees and 11 residents of a private center in Almaş. The people were hospitalized for isolation and treatment.

G.M.

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