Mary Wilson
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about 8 hours ago
Laura Local News
The federal asylum center in Bern has been placed in quarantine. Several cases of diphtheria were diagnosed there.
Diphtheria has been confirmed in two people for whom there is also a positive result for the toxin, indicates Samuel Wyss, spokesman for the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), confirming information from the online portal nau.ch.
Diphtheria has also been confirmed in four other people whose toxin test results are pending, he added. According to the spokesperson, those affected do not have respiratory symptoms.
In all, 92 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers were quarantined on one floor and 83 applicants on another.
Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by bacteria, explains the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) on its website. There are two forms: respiratory and cutaneous.
... The last case of respiratory diphtheria in Switzerland was recorded in 1983.
https://switzerland.detailzero.com/...ria-at-the-Federal-Asylum-Center-in-Bern.html
Laura Local News
The federal asylum center in Bern has been placed in quarantine. Several cases of diphtheria were diagnosed there.
Diphtheria has been confirmed in two people for whom there is also a positive result for the toxin, indicates Samuel Wyss, spokesman for the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), confirming information from the online portal nau.ch.
Diphtheria has also been confirmed in four other people whose toxin test results are pending, he added. According to the spokesperson, those affected do not have respiratory symptoms.
In all, 92 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers were quarantined on one floor and 83 applicants on another.
Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by bacteria, explains the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) on its website. There are two forms: respiratory and cutaneous.
... The last case of respiratory diphtheria in Switzerland was recorded in 1983.
https://switzerland.detailzero.com/...ria-at-the-Federal-Asylum-Center-in-Bern.html