- Title: 244_AT_COVID-19_Nursing_homes
- Date: 23rd April 2020
- Summary:
- Description:COVID-19 testing starts in nursing homes in Austria All elderly people living in nursing homes should be tested on COVID-19 in Austria, the Health Minister announced some days ago. In the province of Burgenland, they have started to test now. At the nursing home Saint Vinzenz in Pinkafeld, 250 people are being tested by the Red Cross this morning, as well as the staff in charge. The other staff was tested in the afternoon in a drive-in situation. All staff not on duty came with their car and were tested one after the other. In one or two days the results will be given. The director of the nursing home is relieved that the testing has started, as the elderly persons are at risk of getting very seriously ill by the virus. The authority hopes to increase the protection for the high-risk group of elderly through these tests. Shotlist - VS Nursing home - MS Elderly people sitting near the window - C/U COVID-19 test - SOUNDBITE (German) Josef Berghofer, director of the nursing home, St. Vinzenz: "In the morning the test has been made in the living area, and also the employees on duty today have been tested. In the afternoon the tests are carried out in a drive-in situation. All personal not on duty today will be tested in the afternoon in a drive-in situation. - SOUNDBITE (German) overlaid by coverage of Drive-in situation, and testing - SOUNDBITE (German) Marco Kampusch, Red cross: "We do an oral smear test in the throat. And this will be sent to a laboratory " - VS Red Cross testing - VS Red Cross workers in safety gear, and others with masks - SOUNDBITE (German) Josef Berghofer, director of nursing home, St. Vinzenz: we take care of the high-risk groups, the people living in our nursing home, are part of the high-risk group, and we are very glad, the testing has started. " - SOUNDBITE (German) OT Margarete Plank, head of the nursing service: "It is a very positive feeling that the testing in nursing homes has been started and that finally the importance of testing in these homes is seen. That people who live here or work here have a potentially high risk, and it is good that this is seen now" - VS Testing situation - SOUNDBITE (German) Christian Illedits, member of the provincial government, responsible for social matters: If we manage to fulfill our plan, we will test 300 persons a day, with results in one or two days. Then in two or three weeks we have the results. Then we have increased the protection, the protection for the elderly living there, and for the personnel working. - WS Nursing home
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:23/04/2020
- Decade: 2020s
