China News Service, June 20, according to the European Union quoted the European Union News Agency, the health department of the Pyrmont region of Italy informed the media on the 19th that the Virgin Mary in San Salvatore Monferrato, Alexandria Province In the Madonna del Pozzo nursing home, there has recently been an incident of neocoronavirus cluster infection. So far, 13 people have been infected and 1 person has died. The nursing home has been isolated.
According to reports, in the case of an infection in the Sanatorium of the Virgin Mary, apart from two medical staff, the other infected persons are the elderly living in the nursing home. After the mass infection, local mayor Enrico Beccaria called on local citizens to abide by the safety and epidemic prevention regulations and avoid contact with nursing homes.
San Salvatore Monferrato has a permanent population of approximately 4,300 people. There were 60 elderly people before the infection in the Sanatorium of the Virgin Mary. At present, most of the diagnosed people in the nursing homes are asymptomatic infections and have been arranged to be isolated in local medical institutions. Among them, three severely infected patients have been transferred to Casar Monferrato Hospital for treatment.
Alessia Morbello, the head of the Sanatorium of the Virgin Mary, said that a few days ago, an elderly man in a nursing home went out for a medical examination and returned to the nursing home to receive a nucleic acid test. The result was negative. Subsequently, the elderly began to show symptoms of new coronavirus infection, and the test results were positive again. The old man was rushed to the hospital and declared dead soon.
Dr. Frutaldo of the Pyrmont region said that after the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Italy, the elderly in the Santa Maria Nursing Home have received multiple virus tests. The health department is currently investigating and tracing the chain of virus transmission that causes cluster infection.
According to reports, the Sanatorium of the Virgin Mary is part of an Italian religious charity. According to the provisions of the Epidemic Prevention Act, the nursing home has stopped visiting relatives on February 23. The city's mayor, Beccaria, said that compared with the previous day, the sanatorium added another three newly diagnosed patients on the 19th, and the situation continues to deteriorate. (Boyuan)