Eight of the new coronavirus cases found yesterday have been traced to a cluster infection within a shelter for asylum seekers in Hafnarfjörður, Fréttablaðið reports.
The first infection was diagnosed on Tuesday and the second was found on Wednesday. In light of this, it was decided to take samples from everyone and an additional six cases were identified from this. Everyone there has now been tested but it has not yet been revealed how many are currently quarantined because of this.
The infected have been moved to special isolation camps in Reykjavík, in collaboration with the city protection and services of the municipality in Hafnarfjörður, says an announcement from the Directorate of Immigration.
Fréttablaðið has been among those who have reported that the residents of the asylum seeker shelter at Grensásvegur in Reykjavík have been public about living conditions in the shelter. Residents who have come forward have said that they live in crowded and unhealthy conditions.
Unfortunately, this has been the case for a very long time. The Grapevine reported in 2016 that residents of many asylum seekers have fewer rights than prisoners.
The Directorate of Immigration, for its part forward that improvements are now being made to the shelter by Grensásvegur and that photos and videos of rooms in the shelter that have appeared in the media have been taken out of use.
Source: The Nordic Page