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In the canton of Basel-Landschaft, 164 people have so far died in connection with a Covid 19 infection. In the past six weeks, 17 people have died in the Birsfelden retreat center in connection with a corona virus infection. The “bz Basel” reported on Thursday. The second wave hit the nursing home badly.
The Birsfelden retirement center recorded almost 10 percent of corona deaths in the Basel area. The first corona case was registered on November 3. There was an outbreak in the dementia department, as the management of the retirement center told the newspaper. Protective measures and the mask requirement cannot always be observed there.
In the past six weeks, 17 people have died in connection with a Covid 19 infection at the Birsfelden retirement center. (Image: Google Maps)
This caused a mutual contagion between the 30 residents and several deaths, as explained by the manager Thomas Giudici. As the newspaper’s investigation shows, only four corona tests were carried out at the retirement center in the two weeks after the first corona case. All residents and employees of the dementia department and the department next door were only screened at the end of November. 30 cases were registered. On December 5, the entire retreat center was prohibited from visiting and leaving.
The massive tests throughout the retreat center were only conducted on Dec. 7, the newspaper reported. At that time, more than 50 infected people were identified. A second massive test followed on December 21. However, protection measures were relaxed during Christmas: family members were allowed to visit residents in the gathering areas and walks around the compound were allowed. Some of the residents were even allowed to be visited in their rooms or allowed to go home to their relatives at Christmas.
