A new covid outbreak in the ward located on the fifth floor above the hospital emergency room Street number of Palermo. Four positive patients and one nurse were found in the emergency medicine department. The latter had received the second dose of vaccine last January 27.
“Aifa had raised the possibility that despite the vaccination, it could happen to be infected again. It is foreseen by the protocols – they explain from the Civic hospital – Only those who are vaccinated do not contract the disease who is not yes. For this reason, for days we have been telling those who have been vaccinated to always keep the same precautions and not let their guard down. We will certainly not be able to establish whether it was the nurse who infected the patients or some patient who infected the nurse ”.
The health care worker is in quarantine awaiting swab results. He’s asymptomatic and he’s fine. The health management has already launched a thorough epidemiological investigation to understand what happened. Positive patients were transported to the gray and protected area of the emergency room, as per protocol. Nobody is unbalanced, because it is too early to venture conclusions. The department is closed.
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