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Six hundred residents affected by measles outbreak in Berlin asylum center
Published today at 6:20 a.m.
by Agence Belga
A refugee reception center in Berlin was quarantined on Monday following a measles outbreak. The approximately 600 residents are therefore not allowed to leave the building for the moment, a spokesperson for the German national refugee agency told the German press agency dpa.
Two children were diagnosed there with the highly contagious disease on Monday. The authorities will now check which of the refugees have already been vaccinated against measles.
Residents of the reception center are required to wear mouth masks.
https://www.rtl.be/actu/monde/europ...ns-un-centre-dasile/2023-09-26/article/591743
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Berlin
Up to three weeks of quarantine after a measles outbreak in the arrival center
As of: September 26, 2023 2:20 p.m
Numerous asylum seekers in a Berlin arrival center will not be allowed to leave their accommodation in the next few weeks after a measles outbreak. 600 people live there and the vaccination rate is very poor, according to the responsible medical officer. After a measles outbreak in an arrival center for asylum seekers in Berlin, affected residents sometimes have to stay in quarantine for up to three weeks. Measles vaccination is mandatory for unvaccinated asylum seekers in the accommodation, explained the medical officer of Berlin-Reinickendorf, Patrick Larscheid, to the German Press Agency on Tuesday.
The same applies to employees. However, the vaccination only develops its protective effect after three weeks. “We will release those who have been vaccinated and for whom the vaccination has been at least three weeks ago from quarantine,” said Larscheid. The residents could therefore gradually get out, and those who have been vaccinated with sufficient protection can do so from now on. However, the vaccination rate among refugees is very poor.
Service buildings and three other accommodations not affected
According to Larscheid, there was already a suspicion of an infection at the weekend. Around 600 people live in the affected building in the Reinickendorf district. The laboratory confirmation came on Monday afternoon - two children were infected.
Since then, quarantine and mask requirements have applied. According to the State Office for Refugee Affairs, the service building and three other accommodations on the site are not affected by the quarantine.
The situation is stressful, according to medical officer Larscheid, but the residents are not locked in the building. In a certain area they could also stay outside.Broadcast: Radioeins, September 26, 2023, 7:00 a.m
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/re...uechtete-wegen-masern-in-quarantaene-100.html
Six hundred residents affected by measles outbreak in Berlin asylum center
Published today at 6:20 a.m.
by Agence Belga
A refugee reception center in Berlin was quarantined on Monday following a measles outbreak. The approximately 600 residents are therefore not allowed to leave the building for the moment, a spokesperson for the German national refugee agency told the German press agency dpa.
Two children were diagnosed there with the highly contagious disease on Monday. The authorities will now check which of the refugees have already been vaccinated against measles.
Residents of the reception center are required to wear mouth masks.
https://www.rtl.be/actu/monde/europ...ns-un-centre-dasile/2023-09-26/article/591743
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Berlin
Up to three weeks of quarantine after a measles outbreak in the arrival center
As of: September 26, 2023 2:20 p.m
Numerous asylum seekers in a Berlin arrival center will not be allowed to leave their accommodation in the next few weeks after a measles outbreak. 600 people live there and the vaccination rate is very poor, according to the responsible medical officer. After a measles outbreak in an arrival center for asylum seekers in Berlin, affected residents sometimes have to stay in quarantine for up to three weeks. Measles vaccination is mandatory for unvaccinated asylum seekers in the accommodation, explained the medical officer of Berlin-Reinickendorf, Patrick Larscheid, to the German Press Agency on Tuesday.
The same applies to employees. However, the vaccination only develops its protective effect after three weeks. “We will release those who have been vaccinated and for whom the vaccination has been at least three weeks ago from quarantine,” said Larscheid. The residents could therefore gradually get out, and those who have been vaccinated with sufficient protection can do so from now on. However, the vaccination rate among refugees is very poor.
Service buildings and three other accommodations not affected
According to Larscheid, there was already a suspicion of an infection at the weekend. Around 600 people live in the affected building in the Reinickendorf district. The laboratory confirmation came on Monday afternoon - two children were infected.
Since then, quarantine and mask requirements have applied. According to the State Office for Refugee Affairs, the service building and three other accommodations on the site are not affected by the quarantine.
The situation is stressful, according to medical officer Larscheid, but the residents are not locked in the building. In a certain area they could also stay outside.Broadcast: Radioeins, September 26, 2023, 7:00 a.m
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/re...uechtete-wegen-masern-in-quarantaene-100.html