The first case of contamination in Germany was announced on Monday evening by the Bavarian Ministry of Health.
“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 becomes the second country in Europe with confirmation of the presence of the coronavirus, after three cases in France, confirmed last week. The first repatriation of a French citizen who is in China was scheduled for Thursday.
Several countries are preparing, with authorization from the Beijing government, the withdrawal, by plane, of citizens living in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he is confident that China has the ability to control and contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Statements that arise after a meeting with the Beijing authorities.
The new director approved the measures taken so far to combat the outbreak, said Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.
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According to Xinhua, the WHO director says there is no need to remove foreigners who are in China and called for calm.
Portuguese in Wuhan “are healthy”
The Directorate-General for Health ensures that the Portuguese living in the so-called epicenter of the coronavirus are doing well.
The general director of Health, Graça Freitas, said on Monday that the Portuguese living in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus originates, “are healthy” and health protocols are planned for an eventual withdrawal of these citizens, as a “precaution”.
