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Wednesday night was 100 residents and 12 staff at Kasper transit centre in Valer in the Creek put in quarantine, after that a worker at the shelter had tested positive for koronaviruset.
the next Day was ten of the residents taken with the two maxitaxier to be transferred to the Ankomstsenter Østfold in order to Prevail; a trip of just over 25 minutes.
taxi driver Zahid Gujjar was the one of the two drivers that had the mission to transport passengers. He responds that he is not got the message that they were in quarantine.
We were tasked to run passengers from Valer to the Rule, but I was not informed about what it concerned. These are the people who are in quarantine because they may have been in close contact with a person who is koronasmittet. Such situations should not occur, ” he says to NRK.
– Can the risk of infecting others
only then, they came to ankomstsenteret was Gujjar told that the passengers were in quarantine.
In the Rule to the five passengers have been told to be seated in the taxien until they could be placed in ankomstsenterets the quarantine barracks.
Ten of the asylum seekers that are in quarantine, was driven by taxi to the Ankomstsenter Østfold, since it was too crowded to isolate all of the Kasper receipt in Valer.
Photo: Lotte Olsen / NRK
I sat behind the wheel and got a shock. It was a risk that we drove a large group could have been infected by the korona. Had I known it in advance, as I had refused to run. It should not been used the public transport to this type of driving, says the driver.
Gujjar said that he is because of korona-the situation always use gloves and a face mask when he is running the taxi.
But he also responds that he has not received any information about what was going to happen with his car after Thursday’s trip. On Saturday, he will according to plan be back on the job.
– In the day the car stood still, for I have not dared to run it. But what should I do ahead? We run people that are at risk and I cannot risk infecting other people, it is not right, ” he says.
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At the Moss Taxi is the managing director Grethe Charlotte Kolbu very sorry for what has happened.
– We are sorry for the recommend if he has not received the information he should and thus the possibility to say no to the assignment. It is very uncomfortable; the driver must be able to feel safe in his own car, ” she says.
today she has been talking with Zahid Gujjar and he disinfected the vehicle before it is used for other trips.
Kolbu emphasizes that none of the passengers had symptoms of the infection, and that they sat with a face mask and gloves and were told not to touch anything.
– If it is infected or suspected infection, we say no to the assignment.
According to Moss Taxi was the other driver informed in advance, and have today got the car cleaned. Kolbu should investigate how it could happen that only one driver was aware of the mission’s current art.
Korona-transport must be
Norwegian institute of public health writes on its website that the transport of patients who are in quarantine should be clarified with the municipal hotel room in advance.
the Leader of Kasper receipt, Thor Arne Hauge in the company Link, set in motion a larger action to put all the residents at the shelter in quarantine. Some were moved to ankomstsenteret in the Rule.
Photo: NRK
This was done when the ten asylum seekers were transported between the two reception centres, ” says Thor Arne Hauge in the company Link, which operates the Kasper receipt.
– We had dialogue with kommunelegen Valer, with the UDI, and with the managing director at Moss Taxi of the transportation, while ankomstsenteret had dialogue with kommunelegen in order to Prevail, ” says Hauge.
But for one reason or another, reached the never information one of the drivers.
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