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At the Starwings Birsfelden basketball club, a total of four players and a coach tested positive for the new corona virus, the Department of Economics and Health announced. A ten-day quarantine was ordered for all players and coaches who were in closest contact with those who tested positive. The Starwings players played against a team from BC Arlesheim last Saturday.
The health department will classify the probability of transmission to BC Arlesheim players during the game as low. For this reason, no quarantine will be ordered for the players of this team. On the contrary, the canton medical service determined the following procedure. All BC Arlesheim players who were in action in the aforementioned match must be examined with a swab after five days. If a player exhibits symptoms in the next two weeks, they should immediately contact a doctor for clarification.
Three classes and teachers in quarantine
In several schools in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, isolated pupils tested positive for Corona. In all these cases, this has no consequences for the school, as the virus was discovered during the holidays, the management continues. A teacher at Oberwil High School tested positive. After close contact, three classes and two other teachers were quarantined.
There was a first case of corona at the Baselland vocational training center in Liestal. The infection occurred outside the school and the student had no contact with other students, so there was no quarantine for the class. There was a second case of corona at the Baselland vocational training center at the Muttenz location. The concept of protection at school was fulfilled during the lessons. Therefore, teachers do not have to be quarantined. However, the students in the class met privately without maintaining a distance of 1.5 meters and therefore have to be quarantined.
Residents of the Feldreben federal asylum center infected
A resident tested positive at the Feldreben Federal Asylum Center in Muttenz. The asylum center protection concept stipulates that a distance of 1.5 meters is always maintained. Also, everyone always wears a mask. As a precautionary measure, all residents and all employees are being screened and quarantined as of today.
A caregiver at Opalinus’ home for the disabled in Gelterkinden tested positive for Covid-19. As a precaution, residents remain at the site until their test result is available. We are currently aware of a positive case in a resident of a Basel-based nursing home and pensioners.
There are currently four people with Covid-19 in a hospital in the Basel area. 167 people who tested positive are in isolation, 804 people are in quarantine. 450 people in quarantine are returning travelers. The number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days amounts to 92.2 new infections. (szm)
