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Government of St. Gallen on the current coronavirus situation: “Quiet but very tense situation” at Cantonal Hospital +++ Kölliker: “We will implement measures for secondary schools at the end of November”
After the announcement of new corona measures on Friday, the government of St. Gallen has now taken a position and reported on the current situation in the canton. The summary of the press conference and the reading ticker.
The St. Gallen government and experts provide information on the current situation in the canton and explain the measures that have been decided.
The canton of St. Gallen adjusted the rules of the crown at the end of last week. At Tuesday’s press conference, the government will comment on the new measures. Miodrag Filipovic, Head of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen will also be present. He notices:
“From the hospital’s point of view, we have a calm but very tense situation.”
There are currently 90 Covid patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the intensive care unit and 72 in the ward. According to Filipovic, the St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital is in the process of expanding the number of places in the intensive care unit. These should be available starting next Monday.
However, if patient flow remains this high, more measures would be necessary, such as reducing operations in other areas of the hospital and making more beds available. To relieve hospitals, Filipovic appeals to the population: “We ask you to give up one or another activity, for example, a descent on a mountain bike or an unnecessary trip.”
Swiss capacities for intensive care units in hospitals have not yet been fully depleted, but are coming to an end, according to the head of the surgical intensive care unit at the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen. There is no telling when we will reach our limits.
According to the canton doctor Danuta Zemp, some 2,000 tests are currently being carried out in the canton of St. Gallen. Rapid tests should be available soon. “The canton of St. Gallen has received a quota of 80,000 tests.” However, these tests are not intended for screening, but for people who are at the beginning of the infection and who show mild symptoms. According to Zemp, manufacturers are responsible for delays in rapid tests.
The measures in secondary schools apply at least until the end of November.
Government councilor Stefan Kölliker, head of the education department, says of the new requirement for masks in secondary schools: “Personally, I am not a fanatic. But it is a lesser evil than closing schools. ”The canton’s goal is to keep schools open and to conduct lessons as normally as possible.
The canton recommends that sports lessons take place without masks in half classes and with enough space, and singing lessons should be completely suspended because, according to Kölliker, viruses spread in the room.
“We plan to carry out the measures for the lower secondary level in late November.”
The press conference ticker should read:
