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What is happening at the Eulachtal nursing home in Elgg ZH borders on a miracle: Residents and employees are affected by the corona virus in two waves of infection. A total of 56 people are infected, 25 of them very old, according to the “NZZ”.
Some are more serious, others just mild. But: not a single person dies! All infected people have now been released from isolation. The home management, doctors and experts at the Zurich University Hospital are astonished.
Coincidence or not?
As “NZZ” writes, the first wave hit the nursing home in mid-August. In early September, those infected are healthy again. Soon after: the second wave! But even here everyone is on the mend. In total, the residents are quarantined for about five weeks.
Hugo Sax, infectologist at the University Hospital in Zurich and chief border doctor at Zurich airport, told the newspaper that the facts were extremely astonishing: although all this could only be due to a lucky coincidence, “the figures are so high that ».
According to Sax, it cannot be ruled out that the virus has changed in such a way that it does less damage. Ultimately, it is one of the great hopes that this virus will weaken at some point. So it would be exciting to look in more detail at the strain of the virus that was widespread in Elgger’s nursing home. “
A case to learn from
Beat Zürcher, general practitioner and responsible for the care of a department in the nursing home, also asks for a detailed examination in the “NZZ”: “We have to understand why there were no serious illnesses here. I think it would be a great opportunity if we could learn fall and winter lessons from this case and use more differentiated approaches to testing and isolating. “
In his view, isolating asymptomatic residents with a positive test was too heavy a burden, and one had to wonder if that was proportionate.
However, canton doctor Christiane Meier sees no reason to adapt the current regime: “We have had good experiences with it.” People with no or mild symptoms are also contagious. At Elgg, despite the positive evolution, lying down is not yet the order of the day. Now begins the analysis of how the virus could enter the home and spread. Protective measures are also checked and adjusted if necessary. (my I)
