Suspended sentence – stretcher went to work with Covid infection


According to the regional court, an employee of the Salzburg state clinics endangered other people with the corona virus. Because the young man went to work with a Covid infection that was not yet over. For this he got six months probation.

The defendant (23) was in quarantine for ten days: between December 6 and 16. Only: he should have stayed at home longer. Without testing himself, the stretcher went back to work on December 19 – to the state hospital of all places. “I haven’t read the separation notice well enough,” said the 23-year-old ruefully.

Only authorities can remove quarantine
On that December day it was even positive, including a CT value below 30 – ergo: The defendant was contagious at the time. “He shouldn’t have gone to work, the decision can only be revoked by the authorities,” one official made clear. As a stretcher, he should have been more attentive, said the judge. The non-final judgment: six months conditional imprisonment.