1.02.2020 06:36
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Disinfection after the removal of coronavirus dead in Hubei Province
© APA / AFP
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The number of people infected with the novel corona virus in China has risen to 11,791. With 46 new deaths, 259 people have died from the lung disease, the Chinese health commission said in Beijing on Saturday. Thereafter, 45 dead and 1,347 new virus cases were added in the severely affected crisis province alone, so that 7,153 patients were now counted there.
Late Friday evening, the Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first coronavirus case. It is a German tourist on the Canary Island of La Gomera who has had contact with an infected person in his home. A total of five Germans are under surveillance on the island because of suspected coronavirus.
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So far, seven cases from Germany have been reported, two of which were reported on Friday. They are all related to the headquarters of the automotive supplier Webasto in Bavaria, where an employee of a Chinese colleague was infected. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the international health emergency due to the rapid spread of the virus on Thursday evening.
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The United States declared a public health emergency due to the corona virus. Foreigners who have been in China in the past two weeks will be banned from entry, US Secretary of Health Alex Azar said on Friday. There are exceptions for close family members of US citizens and foreigners with permanent residence permits. The instruction applies from Sunday. U.S. citizens residing in the Hubei province of China are also said to be quarantined for two weeks.
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Previously, several states had announced foreclosure measures against China. Singapore and Mongolia announced that they would no longer let Chinese people or Chinese travelers into the country. Austria also increased its security level and issued a partial travel warning for the crisis region in China.
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Seven Austrians living in the crisis province of Hubei are said to be flown out on a French plane and are expected to return to Austria via France on Sunday. Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) thanked the French government on Saturday night “for the excellent cooperation. This is European cooperation in action!”
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So far, there has been no confirmed case in Austria: there was an all-clear for a seventh suspected case in Vienna as well as for a suspected case in Carinthia. Two other suspected Corona cases were still open in Salzburg. For security reasons, the couple was taken to the isolation ward of the Salzburg State Clinic.
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