New returnees from the particularly vulnerable Wuhan land in Germany. The virus has now reached South Korea.
- The fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 * has been a challenge for the global community since January 2020.
- In China, more than 2000 people (as of February 20) have died from an infection with the pathogen that triggers the lung disease Covid-19 *.
- The virus is extremely contagious.
Update of February 20, 2020, 7:58 p.m .: Accompanied by riots, dozens of Ukrainians from the Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in a quarantine station in central Ukraine on Thursday evening. Several panes of the buses were thrown in while driving, as live pictures on Ukrainian television showed. There was initially no information about injuries. The police had to clear a burning barricade for the convoy.
Hundreds of people had demonstrated against returning for fear of the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . They were partially armed with iron bars. Stones flew. Several hundred police officers were deployed to calm the situation down. Local residents had blocked a connecting road to the quarantine station .
The quarantine station is located in a sanatorium of the Ukrainian National Guard in the village of Nowi Sanschary, almost 300 kilometers east of Kiev . The Chinese returnees arrived there in the evening. The area was completely cordoned off.
The Ukrainians had previously been flown out of Wuhan along with other nationals. 45 Ukrainians and 27 nationals from other countries were on board. All passengers must stay in the sanatorium for the next two weeks. No Sars-CoV-2 infection has been reported in Ukraine to date.
Coronavirus: New Wuhan returnees fly to Germany - state of emergency in South Korea
Update from February 20, 2020, 6:34 p.m .: The German Red Cross (DRK) is expecting a flight in Stuttgart this Friday with returnees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is particularly affected by the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . The DRK is taking over the supervision on behalf of the federal government, said a spokesman for the aid organization on Thursday in Berlin . The spokesman did not provide any further information on the number of people . A spokesman for the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Social Affairs said that the health authorities are prepared for the arrival of people. At first the Southwest Broadcasting had reported about it.
According to information from the German Press Agency, the authorities assume that people are healthy. More than a dozen people are said to be flying to Stuttgart. The machine therefore comes from Paris and is expected at Stuttgart Airport in the morning. Upon arrival, the travelers are to be examined and then taken to a quarantine station in the Esslingen district.
Update from February 20, 2020, 2:45 p.m .: Several German passengers of the cruise ship "Diamond Princess", which has been quarantined up to now, are apparently to be flown to Germany soon. As Bild with reference to Health Senator Dilek Kalayci explains, an airplane is expected in Berlin Tegel on Saturday. Passengers who previously tested negative for the virus should initially remain in quarantine for 14 days.
Incidentally, the corona virus could also have a devastating effect on global passenger air traffic. An industry association made a grim forecast on Thursday.
Coronavirus: 40 worshipers infected - state of emergency in South Korean metropolis
Update from February 20, 2020, 10:57 a.m .: For fear of an uncontrolled spread of the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2, the residents of the South Korean city of Daegu are to stay at home for the time being. It was a recommendation from Mayor Kwon Young Jin, a spokesman said on Thursday. If possible, the residents should not go outside. Around 2.5 million people live in Daegu. South Korea's health authorities had previously reported 31 new cases of infection in the country, 30 of them in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province in the southeast.
The number of previously confirmed infections in South Korea has thus increased to 82. 48 of the recorded cases were reported in the Daegu region. Twenty-three of the newly affected people therefore contracted a patient in Daegu. It is believed that a total of 40 of those previously tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 came into contact with the woman when they attended a Christian sect in Daegu. At first it was unclear how the woman got infected.
The corona virus has reached South Korea.
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Coronavirus: First death in South Korea - number of infected people increases dramatically
Update from February 20, 2020, 10:41 a.m .: For the first time, a person died in South Korea who was infected with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2. The person was treated in a hospital in the southeast city of Cheongdo, the centers for disease control and prevention said on Thursday. The exact cause of death is still being investigated, said a spokeswoman. It was not initially known whether it was a man or a woman.
In the meantime, the number of infections in South Korea rose by 53 to 104 within a day. First, 31 new cases were reported in the morning. This week alone, more than 70 confirmed infections with the causative agent of the lung disease Covid-19, which first broke out in China, were added in South Korea.
The corona virus does not stop at Formula 1 either: In China there was already a rejection, now a German TV station has to take drastic consequences when racing in Vietnam.
Corona virus: two fatalities on cruise ship - also Munich on board
Update of February 20, 2020, 9:31 a.m .: Almost 3,000 people had to be quarantined on the cruise ship in Japan, now the first two fatalities on the ship are to be complained about. Two Japanese infected with the virus initially tested positive on the ship, and were taken to a hospital shortly thereafter. Both people died there. The two victims are said to be an 87-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman from Japan, according to the Japanese media.
Up to the previous day, 621 infections had been detected among the people on board the cruise ship. All of those affected came to hospitals. The government said the disembarkation of the approximately 3,000 people on the ship would take at least until Friday. A passenger from Munich was among the first 443 people to leave the quarantine of the cruise ship, according to RTL.
Meanwhile, the number of infected and dead continues to rise. According to official data, the number of infected people has increased by 394 people to a total of 74,576 people. Around 2,128 people are said to have fallen victim to the virus by now.
Corona virus is spreading - climax only in late February?
Article of origin from February 19, 2020: Wuhan - The SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as corona virus, appeared in the Chinese province of Wubei in early December 2019. Since then, the virus has been spreading rapidly. China is taking drastic measures to contain the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and to stop the new lung disease Covid-19 . Authorities have largely cordoned off the province from the outside world.
Chinese doctor Li Wenliang was one of the first to warn of the mysterious lung disease . However, according to his account, the Chinese police tried to silence him. The young ophthalmologist died of an infection in early February.
The number of coronavirus deaths in China has officially increased to more than 2,000. A total of 74,185 people have contracted the virus. Experts do not expect the Covid19 epidemic to stabilize until the end of April. The peak of the coronavirus outbreak could therefore probably be reached in late February. This was the result of calculations by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In the peak calculation of the team around the mathematician Adam Kucharski, the travel restrictions around Wuhan were also taken into account.
Scientists are working flat out on a vaccine against the virus *. But developing a vaccine is a lengthy and tedious process that can take years.
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Coronavirus outside of China: WHO sees no reason to panic
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that the novel virus affects only a very small proportion of people outside of China. In Germany, 16 infections * with the novel corona virus are known. The first coronavirus cases were known in Bavaria * in connection with the auto supplier Webasto.
Over 540 people were infected with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess". After a 14-day quarantine, the first passengers were allowed on board on Wednesday (February 19). In Cambodia, the cruise ship "Westerdam" is affected by the corona virus.
Because of corona virus: Russia imposes an entry ban on the Chinese
Russia has imposed a temporary entry ban on the Chinese because of concerns about the introduction of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, the news agency dpa reported on Wednesday. As of this Thursday, all planned entries for work or for tourism and study purposes are affected, according to a decision by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Russian media described the unusual step of such a "total ban" on Wednesday as unprecedented.
The Chinese government also recently took an unusual measure over an article about the corona virus. Because the opinion of a journalist from the American "Wall Street Journal" according to the Chinese government is said to have a "racist" headline, three correspondents were expelled from the country for the first time in recent history of China. Now there has been criticism of this step.
Experts believe that global expansion is possible, but advise to be calm and prudent. As with the flu and all other pathogens causing respiratory infections, washing hands, keeping a distance and having the correct cough and sneeze label is important for personal protection against infection.
The Robert Koch Institute and the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) have compiled all information about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
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