The first case of contamination by the new coronavirus detected in China has been confirmed in Germany, the Bavarian Ministry of Health announced Monday night.
“A man from the Starnberg region has been infected with the new coronavirus” and “is under medical surveillance and in isolation,” a ministry spokesman said in a statement.
The patient is “clinically in good condition,” said the spokesman without giving details. The patient’s family members were informed of the symptoms that may appear in case of the disease, as well as of the hygiene precautions that they should take.
The ministry gave no indication as to who the patient is or the circumstances in which he may have been infected with the coronavirus.
Germany thus becomes the second country in Europe to confirm the presence of the coronavirus, after three cases in France, confirmed last week.
On Monday, Germany asked its citizens to avoid “non-essential” travel to China, as they feared a rapid spread of the new coronavirus.
Germany is also considering a “possible evacuation”, if it so wishes, of its citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus.
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