An Isère nursing home loses a third of its residents due to Covid-19

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Twenty-four residents of an Isère nursing home located near Grenoble have died in recent weeks after contracting Covid-19, i.e. a third of the residents of the establishment, we learned on Wednesday from the direction, confirming information from the

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“The epidemic within the establishment is over.

None of the residents who have tested positive are contagious.

It has been a difficult period.

We had one last death this weekend.

It was time for it to stop, ”said Dominique Gerbi, the director.

Lots of asymptomatics

In total, 60 of the 80 residents of this Ehpad located in Noyarey, in the Grenoble metropolitan area, had contracted the coronavirus and 24 died from it.

The epidemic, which began on October 6 within the establishment with a few cases of fevers among residents, also affected some of the employees.

“We immediately tested everyone.

After a week, we already had 30 residents and 20 employees infected.

Many were asymptomatic, ”explains Dominique Gerbi, whose healthcare team has set up“ Covid sectors ”to stem the spread of the virus.

Visits were prohibited to families during the peak of the epidemic, estimated by management "between October 12 and 25", specifies Dominique Gerbi.

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