The focus of omicron in the Czech Republic? Hygiene examines the Brno water polo tournament
At the press briefing on Thursday, Chief Hygienist Pavla Svrčinová led that the link between the detected omicron infections to a recent water polo tournament, which appeared in Brno, is being investigated. Even with the participation of athletes from South Africa.
“The European Center for Infectious Diseases has alerted us. In Brno, about three or four weeks of the tournament took place back in water polo, which was also attended by players from South Africa. One of the Belgian cases had a link to this tournament, so we are investigating possible links to this tournament, “said Pavla Svrčinová.
The list of the News also contacted the organizers of the water polo tournament with a request for comments. They promised to provide them within fifteen minutes, but since then they have not responded to phone calls.
According to the Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (for YES), definitively confirmed sequencing viruses are so far only two cases of the omicron variant in two people from Liberec.
Another eight cases are being tested by laboratories, but sequencing has not yet confirmed them. According to the chief hygienist Pavla Svrčinová, there are six from the South Moravian Region, about which the media already informs today. One case is also being investigated in Prague and one in the Central Bohemian Region.
According to her, there are two nurses from the university hospital and two of her children in Brno, the other two cases of suspected omicro are, according to her, pupils aged ten and 11 from Blansko. According to information from South Moravian hygienists, this is a school in Adamov. According to Svrčinová, the Central Bohemian case is related to the Dubai-Prague flight, which was traveled from Namibia by a woman from Liberec, for whom the omicron variant was confirmed.
So far, light courses
“All our cases have either an asymptomatic course or a very mild course,” said Svrčinová. According to her, light cases are also reported in other cases detected in Europe. According to her, the four cases in schools do not constitute a reason for them to tighten up their measures.
In Brno, about three or four weeks of the tournament took place back in water polo, which was also attended by players from South Africa. And one of the Belgian cases was linked to this tournament, so we are investigating possible links to this tournament.
Currently, about ten of all positive samples are examined by a PCR test method that may indicate a suspected omicron variant. Contacts of people suspected are also quarantined. “We have strictly ordered a 14-day quarantine. After 14 days, even those who had negative PCR, we end the quarantine by PCR test, “said Svrčinová.
The candidate for the new Minister of Health Vlastimil Válek (TOP 09) told the Report that he was considering a fight with the omikron variant of various variants. One of them would be to set 10 percent of discriminatory tests as an insurmountable minimum.