It was only a matter of time: As the health authority Ebersberg announced on Sunday, there is a first case of corona virus infection in the district of Ebersberg.
Ebersberg - It is the first laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infection in the district of Ebersberg: The corona virus was detected on Friday, February 28, in a 52-year-old businessman from the district with professional contacts in Italy. However, no symptoms were found in the person concerned.
Coronavirus arrived in the Ebersberg district: laboratory test confirmed infection
Due to his professional contacts to Italy, the businessman had a purely prophylactic examination. it was found that he was infected.
Covid-19 infection in the Ebersberg district: Relatives also in quarantine
He and his employees, who mostly live in Munich, are under domestic quarantine. So did his wife and daughter, who attended a Munich school before the holidays.
“A throat swab was carried out on all contact persons. The results of the investigation are still pending, ”reports the health office in Ebersberg.
The authorities were not unprepared for this news. As reported, the district clinic Ebersberg had already been asked whether the Ebersberg hospital could be kept free for such patients in the event of mass infections. Clinic manager Stefan Huber had to reject this. The house is currently 95 percent full, so "almost full".
Entire ward for corona virus patients from the Ebersberg district
However, an entire ward of the district clinic could be cleared if there were suddenly many illnesses in the district after being infected with the Corona virus. The confirmed CEO of the clinic, Stefan Huber, on Friday when asked by the Ebersberger Zeitung. This would mean that the patients would not have to be distributed throughout the house. There would then be special precautions for this secured area, such as a specially set up access with an extra secured lock. At the beginning of last week, Huber said: “We are prepared. And not just now, but constantly. "
On Monday, the vacation time in Bavaria is to be extended for certain students - out of concern for the corona virus. In Germany, well over 100 coronavirus cases have been reported by midday on Sunday. the virus is spreading across the country. But a look at the death rate statistics also shows that there is no reason to panic about coronavirus.
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