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There has been an outbreak of the British variant of the coronavirus in a retirement and nursing home in Belm in the Osnabrück district.
In 14 seniors the virus B is 1.1.7.
has been proven - even though all residents were vaccinated for the second time on January 25, the district announced on Sunday.
The home, all employees and their families have been quarantined.
So far there have only been asymptomatic or mild courses of the disease in the residents, which could be a positive effect of the vaccination, said the press spokesman for the Osnabrück district, Burkhard Riepenhoff, with reference to information from the responsible medical officer.
The product from Biontech / Pfizer was vaccinated.
When exactly the residents were infected is unclear.
The district announced that the positive results in the daily quick tests of the employees on February 2nd were noticeable.
When the residents were completely tested and the viruses were typed, 14 cases of the British variant were then detected at the end of last week.
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