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The BBC in Gossau will be closed from Tuesday until Thursday night. For management, the health and safety of its guests and employees comes first, she says.
The first outing after the confinement: young people at the BBC in Gossau.
(pd / rms) The BBC in Gossau will be closed Tuesday through Thursday evening after it was announced in the morning that six employees had tested positive for Corona. You are in quarantine. This is announced by management. She justified the decision as follows:
“The health and safety of our guests and employees comes first.”
One of the employees who tested positive was still working last Saturday. “He was wearing a mask and it can be assumed that no guests were infected,” continued management. For the protection of occupational health, all employees would have to take another corona test in six days. If these are negative, the BBC will resume operations on Friday in consultation with the canton. The management will not decide anything at this time and will report on the additional procedure on Friday. “It has to be the best possible solution for everyone,” says the press release.
30,000 francs protection measures
The BBC, led by Hanspeter Dürr, employs 45 people. Operations could continue without the six that tested positive. But security must be guaranteed. Dürr explains that around 30,000 francs a month are spent on Corona protection measures: more staff at the entrance who record guest data and measure everyone’s body temperature, more security personnel, disinfectants are placed throughout the establishment and the registration system has been updated. Stand brought. Additionally, the mask requirement for all employees was introduced. The BBC has done its homework and done everything possible to protect guests and staff.
Infected outside the BBC
Management announced that four of the six infected people were not knowingly infected at the BBC. One of them was probably infected through a relative. Three other employees were on the way out on vacation and in St. Gallen and may have been infected there. Two of those infected had mild symptoms, the others none. The BBC is in contact with the Canton of St. Gallen regarding contact tracing.
