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Potsdam (dpa / bb) - The situation is also coming to a head in Brandenburg's nursing homes - Corona infections among the staff are causing problems for the homes.
«We urgently need skilled and auxiliary workers from the care sector in order to be able to guarantee the services.
Corona has Brandenburg firmly under control, "said Anne Baaske, managing director of the AWO Brandenburg on Wednesday.
It is best for helpers to contact facilities in their area by telephone and indicate to what extent they can be used.
«It's about ensuring the supply.
And about solidarity », says Baaske.
“There is a need everywhere,” said Cindy Schönknecht, spokeswoman for the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund in Brandenburg, which operates 20 care facilities across the country.
The shortage of skilled workers in nursing has been an issue for a long time - "now we have the dilemma," says Schönknecht.
In a KMG retirement home in Pritzwalk (Prignitz), 20 employees from other homes of the sponsor had to be deployed to maintain the service, said KMG spokesman Christian Meier.
According to the company, seven residents died there in connection with Covid-19.
79 residents and 46 employees had tested positive for the virus (as of Tuesday).
According to the German Red Cross (DRK), six disaster relief workers had to help out in a home in Woltersdorf (Oder-Spree).
The district had called for help, there was an acute shortage of staff, said Jule-Sophie Hermann, spokeswoman for the DRK district association Märkisch-Oder-Havel-Spree.