It's a quarter after eight. Normally the first children arrive at this time. Today, however, it is very quiet in the district centre length fields in Spreitenbach AG. The two kindergartens are closed, because a teacher is working there, with the Coronavirus has been infected.

the 44 children and 8 teachers have been placed for two weeks under quarantine. You were informed on Sunday by the school. It is, first and foremost, to prevent the further spread of the Virus. The disease itself runs in children and young people in General, harmless.

some strong

unsettled As Doris Schmid, President of the School Board of Spreitenbach, says, have shown in principle, the parents understanding for the measures. "They are insecure but strong." This uncertainty will collected by the school and the Canton Council's service as good as possible.

the school was supported by the Canton of competent. "This support is very helpful and sufficient," says Schmid.

The state of health of the 31-year-old sick teacher is in accordance with the information of the Aargau Department of health and social Affairs (GSA) is stable. He is probably a week ago at a family celebration, the visitors from Northern Italy took part in the face.

The quarter-length fields is located directly behind the shopping center. It is characterised by high-rise buildings, interspersed with lawns and children's playgrounds. In front of the neighbourhood centre, in the next to the nursery, the library is integrated, there is a red concrete elephant with two trunks. A sculpture of the local artist Bruno Weber. The animal seems to be bored without children.

A woman with a headscarf over in a hurry. She holds the cloth protecting the nose and mouth, as they arrived at the height of the kindergarten. Don't want to talk to you. What should you say? It is an eerie Situation? You feel helpless? The Billboard is made on a presentation on Botswana and Namibia's attention, and the scout advertises for a taster day. Everyday, the device suddenly falter.

What you should say? It is an eerie Situation? You feel helpless?

A man with plugs in the ears is running. The Bus is at the front in retracted position on the road already. A woman goes to the shopping center to work, keeps it short. It comes from the heart, has read, what happened. It was a strange feeling, that "The" was now indeed so near. A man with a cane, greets and then says there is a "General depression" in the neighbourhood was palpable.

all-Around the usual Gang

Two kindergarten students with orange luminous stripes on the wind jackets come in the company of a mother to us, but turn in a walkway to another Kindergarten. A state of emergency prevails only here. All around everything takes its usual course.

"grandparents should continue to be rather remote, since for them the disease is more dangerous."Women from Spreitenbach

A woman's with your about three-year-old daughter on the way. You can imagine how difficult the Situation for the affected families. From today to tomorrow everything is different, is organized, nothing more. "Could I just stay fourteen days off from work?", you ask yourself.

you still have a sister that would step in as the carer would have. "Grandparents should continue to be rather remote, since for them the disease is more dangerous." The DGS advises, in principle, to have the children in quarantine by a third party service.

Drastic measures

The Information of the parents has obviously worked out well. There are no children have arrived, and in front of closed doors stood. For the affected families, a difficult time starts but. To live under quarantine, is far-reaching. In particular, in a heavily populated district such as the long fields.

The Canton medical service of the Canton Aargau writes on his info sheet: "If you live in a multi-family house, or in a highly inhabited district, you should stay home." Other walks are allowed with a mask, but you should avoid contact with other people. Purchases should be done by family members or neighbors and in front of the door-to-door to deliver.

Especially in children, it is difficult, of course, to keep them at home, says GSA spokeswoman Jelena Teuscher. "As long as you have no symptoms, out you may, but must wear a mask and should avoid crowds of people."

Alone in the room?

additional precautions should be adhere to with small children, as they are affected in Spreitenbach, just hard to come by. In principle, persons in quarantine should be in a room isolated and also eat there. How can this be in this case to adhere to? It was difficult, it means also to the DGS. In General, the part means that a Person, usually a parent, with in quarantine to go.

the fear that the child could actually be infected, which would lead to further measures to come. This means that the parents have to observe it well. It coughed? It has a hot end?

All alone on, you are not put in this difficult Situation. The Canton medical service is with the families in regular telephone contact. And many people in the neighborhood – Yes, in the whole Region – are at least thoughts are with you.

Created: 02.03.2020, 18:58 PM