NOh devastating flood In North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, people are increasingly worried that the new crown virus will spread in the disaster area. “At present, many people gather in a very small space to cope with the crisis together. We must now be careful that dealing with disasters will not become a super-spreading event,” said David Rhineland-Palatinate, a corona communicator at the Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate. David Freichel told the newspaper of the German Editors Network.
According to Freichel, therefore, the National Ministry of Health is negotiating with the authorities in the affected areas to prepare a special vaccination campaign in the disaster area. Many rescue workers already have comprehensive vaccination protection.
The Ministry of Health relies on testing and ventilation
That too Ministry of Health North Rhine-Westphalia warns that the risk of infection in flooded areas is increasing. According to the RND report, the Düsseldorf Ministry of Health stated: “The increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission may be mainly due to people living in emergency shelters.” The risk can be reduced through testing, face masks, and ventilation.
“In many cases, emergency shelters have established medical institutions,” the ministry said. In addition, the authorities are concerned about the collapse of medical infrastructure, for example due to the destruction of the practice of general practitioners.
Storms that began in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in the middle of last week caused extensive damage on Thursday night. More than 160 people died in both federal states.
