In Germany, an infection with the novel corona virus has been confirmed for the first time. A man from the district of Starnberg in Bavaria was infected, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Munich.
In Germany, an infection with the novel corona virus has been confirmed for the first time. A man from the district of Starnberg in Bavaria was infected, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Munich late Monday evening. The virus can trigger a lung disease from which dozens of people have already died in the main distribution country China – most of which were elderly patients with serious previous illnesses.
According to the “Task Force Infectiology” of the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), the patient in Bavaria is clinically in good condition, as it was said in the message. “He is under medical supervision and is isolated.”
People who had close contact with the patient would be informed in detail and informed about possible symptoms, hygiene measures and transmission routes. The Bavarian Ministry of Health and the LGL want to inform the public at a press conference in the morning.
“Infection risk low”
The ministry spokesman emphasized: “The risk for the Bavarian population to become infected with the new corona virus is currently considered low by the” Task Force Infectious Diseases “of the LGL and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).”
Three infections with the novel virus had previously been detected in Europe. All three concerned people in France who had previously been to China. Worldwide, almost 2,800 infections with the 2019 nCoV virus have now been confirmed. The number of deaths in China rose to 80. The new virus probably originated from a market in Wuhan, where it probably spread to humans from wild animals traded there.
Federal government wants to fly Germans out of Wuhan
The Bundeswehr is working on plans to fly out the Germans who are in the Chinese region of Wuhan. This is to protect them from possible infection with the novel corona virus. According to the “Spiegel”, the Bundeswehr should take on the task.
Accordingly, the federal government has been planning to send one or two Air Force jets to China on Wednesday or Thursday since the weekend. In addition to an A310 troop transporter, a Medevac Airbus is also under discussion with medical treatment centers. But since there are no known cases of infection among the Germans in Wuhan so far, they may not need this. So far, 90 Germans have registered with the Federal Foreign Office.
China has taken drastic measures to combat further expansion: in Hubei province, more than 45 million people have largely been isolated from the outside world. Long-distance and local traffic have been stopped. There is no protective vaccination or special therapy to treat the disease. However, the symptoms can be alleviated with medication. According to the current assessment of experts, the novel lung disease appears to be mild in most cases, possibly even without symptoms.
USA does not recommend traveling to all of China
According to current knowledge, most of the deaths registered in China are due to older patients with severe previous illnesses. The new pathogen is very similar to the virus behind the 2002/2003 Sars epidemic. At that time, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), between November 2002 and July 2003 there were only nine records in Germany. There were no deaths here.
The United States does not recommend unnecessary trips to all of China because of the new type of corona virus. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its travel policy across the country after previously advising against traveling to Wuhan City or Hubei Province.
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