Corona virus: An air force machine has flown more than 120 people from China back to Germany. Now there are two new infected cases.
- Coronavirus: The number of infected people increases to eight in Germany and 11,791 in China.
- A Bundeswehr machine has brought 124 people back from Wuhan.
- Russia refused the stopover in Moscow for the air force flight.
Update from February 2, 2020, 11:10 a.m . : According to two new confirmed infected cases. After a plane from Hubei province with more than 120 people landed at Frankfurt Airport last Saturday, it is now clear, according to SWR, that two returnees from China are infected with the corona virus. It is unclear whether the two cases are German citizens.
The inmates were taken directly into quarantine after landing on Saturday in Germersheim - according to the district administration in Germersheim, two of the people affected have now tested positive for the virus. They are now to be brought to a hospital in Frankfurt in a special vehicle. The other quarantined passengers remain in Germersheim.
"The affected people took this finding in a concise manner and were isolated," it said in a joint press release by the Air Force, the German Red Cross, the district and the city of Germersheim.
For the Germersheim population , but also for the civil and military helpers, there is "no need to worry " despite the two illnesses, it said on Sunday.
According to the head of the Frankfurt Health Department René Gottschalk
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Coronavirus: Airplane with over 100 passengers lands in Frankfurt - German infected in Spain
Update from February 1, 2020, 10:02 p.m .: The eighth case of a person infected with the coronavirus has become known in Bavaria. It is an employee of the automotive supplier Webasto , the man lives in Munich. It was also announced on Saturday that a German tourist in Spain had been infected with the corona virus. The Spanish Ministry of Health said that he would be treated in isolation on the Canary Island of La Gomera. He had previously had "close contact" with an infected person in Germany.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) announced an aftermath of the scandal in Russia. The return flight led to a diplomatic quarrel there on Saturday. The authorities there had denied the Wuhan Air Force aircraft the previously announced landing permit for a stopover at Moscow Airport, as AKK said. This was justified by capacity bottlenecks at the airport.
Coronavirus: Airplane lands in Frankfurt - many passengers are brought directly to the university hospital
Update from February 1, 2020, 8:09 p.m .: One of the passengers from China is being examined for the corona virus in the Frankfurt University Hospital. Eleven passengers were brought directly to the university clinic by the plane, said Hesse's Minister of Social Affairs Kai Klose (Greens). One of them should be clarified whether he was infected with the corona virus , while the others had other medical reasons, explained Klose about three hours after the plane landed at Frankfurt Airport .
The nationality and gender of the so-called clarification case were initially unknown. The result of the rapid test is expected on Sunday afternoon, said the head of the Frankfurt Health Department, René Gottschalk. The person had shortness of breath and a slight cough . "It is not particularly dangerous, even if it were a case," said Gottschalk. A total of 124 passengers landed in Frankfurt, including 100 Germans, 22 Chinese, a US citizen and a Romanian.
Update from February 1, 2020, 4:43 p.m .: The Bundeswehr aircraft, which German and other citizens flew out of the Chinese Wuhan affected by the coronavirus , has landed in Frankfurt. The plane arrived late due to a detour via Helsinki.
Now the passengers are to be examined and questioned by medical doctors while still on the plane. Then they are brought to a so-called medical assessment center , a redesigned sports hall. If passengers have symptoms, they are brought to the Frankfurt University Clinic . Healthy returnees are transported to an air force base in Germersheim , Rhineland-Palatinate , to remain in quarantine for two weeks.
Update of February 1, 2020, 1:27 pm: Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has confirmed that the Bundeswehr aircraft was not allowed to stop in Moscow with returnees from China on board. The CDU politician said in Bonn on Saturday that a promised landing permit had not been given , instead the crew had been redirected to the Finnish capital Helsinki. Moscow has officially explained this with insufficient capacity at the airport.
The Ministry of Defense wants to clarify with the Federal Foreign Office what other possible reasons are. In Helsinki, the machine was refueled and the crew was replaced.
The plane with German citizens and family members on board had started in Wuhan at night and should arrive in Frankfurt am Main after the stopover in the afternoon. According to airport operator Fraport, the machine should start in Helsinki at 1.40 p.m. It will land in Frankfurt at 3:50 p.m. at the earliest .
#coronavirus: The # A310 ready to fly has safely landed in Helsinki. The crew is changed and the aircraft is refueled for the onward flight to Frankfurt. @bundeswehrInfo @Bw_Einsatz #Team_Luftwaffe pic.twitter.com/Xy7zrrBs7n
- Team Air Force (@Team Air Force) February 1, 2020Corona virus: This is how it continues with the returnees from China
Update from February 1, 2020, 12:31 p.m .: The Bundeswehr's plane with returnees from China on board is expected in Frankfurt on Saturday afternoon. The machine had started at night in the Wuhan area, which was particularly affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus .
According to the authorities, neither sick people nor suspected cases are in the machine . The return trip is voluntary. After arriving at Frankfurt Airport, people are to be examined and interviewed on board by medical doctors, and then in a so-called Medical Assessment Center - a redesigned sports hall.
If someone shows symptoms, he will be taken to an isolation ward in the Frankfurt University Clinic, the Frankfurt health authority says. Afterwards, the returnees are to be taken to an air force base in Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, where they must remain in quarantine for two weeks .
Coronavirus: "Lack of capacity on the ground" - Russia refuses to land air force flight
Update from February 1, 2020, 11:45 a.m .: The return of German citizens from the Chinese epidemic has led to a diplomatic scandal with Russia . Russia has prevented the German Air Force Machine with the 128 returnees from Wuhan from making the mandatory stopover in Moscow , Colonel Daniel Draken, the commander of the flight preparedness in the Federal Ministry of Defense, told Bild am Sonntag . The Airbus will now stop in Finland's capital Helsinki to refuel.
"Russia did allow us to fly over," Draken told the newspaper. "But a landing at the Moscow airports was denied due to insufficient capacity on the ground."
Coronavirus: Russia has prevented the Luftwaffe aircraft with 128 returnees from Wuhan from making a stopover in Moscow.
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According to information from Bild am Sonntag , Russia had previously offered the German authorities the prospect of landing . The stopover on the flight to Frankfurt am Main is necessary to refuel the government Airbus and replace the pilots. An A310 crew had already flown to Moscow on Thursday to take over the aircraft there.
The news that the Moscow landing was denied came Saturday night, the report said. According to information from Bild am Sonntag , security circles consider the Russian side's reference to space problems to be advanced.
Coronavirus: Germans expected in Frankfurt on Saturday - Spahn: "They cannot be released into everyday life"
Update, 5:24 pm: On Saturday, a Bundeswehr aircraft with about 90 German citizens from China is to land at the airport in Frankfurt . Although none of the people who are to be evacuated from the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan show symptoms that would indicate an infection with the corona virus , they are first placed in quarantine in Germany . The principle of caution with forbearance applies here.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) told focus magazine: "As long as we don't know whether the returnees from the infection areas have contracted the coronavirus , we cannot release them into everyday life." He also emphasized: "We are very vigilant. But calm. "
Update, 2:23 p.m .: The number of people infected in Germany continues to increase. The first infected child has now been confirmed *.
Coronavirus: Air Force brings Germans back from China - those affected report dramatic details
Update, 2:12 p.m .: The Germans who are to be flown out of Wuhan already gathered on Friday at the airport in the Chinese metropolis, which was severely affected by the lung disease. They had been told that they were already at the airport at 8:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. CET), a woman, who did not want to be named, reported to the German Press Agency by telephone.
They will probably have to endure the night at the airport because the Air Force plane had just started from Cologne-Wahn airport an hour earlier and takes around ten hours to China. According to dpa information, around 130 people are to be brought back - around 90 German citizens and around 40 relatives with another nationality.
When it started on Saturday was unclear. "We actually have no idea," said the woman. It is also unclear whether there should be medical tests beforehand. That they should be quarantined for 14 days after arrival in Frankfurt was accepted as a necessary evil. "I understand why the measure was taken," said the woman. "But you are not looking forward to it now."
The early arrival to the airport, the woman explained, was that perhaps it should be avoided that someone got stuck in the city on Saturday morning and didn't get away. The transportation to the airport had to be organized, which was difficult because cars can only drive with a special permit.
Corona virus: Air Force brings Germans back from China - Germany is preparing
Update, 11:58 a.m .: The plane that is to fly German out of the Chinese province of Hubei, which is most affected by the corona virus, took off in Cologne on Friday. The Bundeswehr aircraft took off from Cologne-Wahn airport around 12 p.m. and is expected to arrive in Germany again on Saturday.
Update, 11:41 am: With the flight of the Air Force due to the lung disease in China more than 100 people are to be brought to Germany. There is no one among them who is infected and no suspected cases, said Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) on Friday in Berlin. The machine was due to start in Hubei Province, which was severely affected by the coronavirus, on Friday morning, after all the Chinese authorities have given it permission. Arrival in Germany is scheduled for this Saturday. At the request of China, 10,000 protective suits would be taken on the outward journey that would be needed on site, said Maas.
According to information from the German Press Agency, around 130 people are to be brought back by flight - including around 90 German citizens and around 40 relatives of other nationalities who have registered. Maas said that there were also requests from other countries to fly out their citizens, but that all available places in the Bundeswehr plane were occupied. Participation in the return flight is voluntary.
Corona virus: Air Force brings Germans back from China - Germany is preparing
Announcement of origin 11.05: Cologne / China - Germany has five coronavirus sufferers on Thursday, in China the number of those affected rises to almost 9,700 - the number of deaths is 213. A machine starts on Friday for fear of the virus Luftwaffe , around 90 Germans are to be flown out of the area. However, only people who do not experience any symptoms before departure are allowed to board the aircraft .
In France, the number of infected people has now increased to six, including a doctor. The Federal Foreign Office is now warning of trips to China. Research is also prepared thanks to test procedures. A vaccine is being developed. *
Corona virus in Germany: Luftwaffe brings around 90 German citizens from China
The returnees are said to be in quarantine at the Germersheim air force base in Rhineland-Palatinate for around 14 days. At Frankfurt Airport, the passengers on the return flight will first be taken to the medical assessment center, as the head of the agency, René Gottschalk, told hr-Info in a post broadcast on Friday morning.
This serves to "record possible contact persons". Should one of the passengers show symptoms of illness * , he will be brought to the university clinic in Frankfurt , said Gottschalk.
Corona virus in Germany: Germans have to be quarantined after landing
Infections and deaths saw the biggest increase in one day until Friday. The number of patients with the novel coronavirus rose to 9692 around 1981, as reported by the Health Commission in Beijing . The number of deaths rose by 42 to 213.
On Thursday evening, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of the virus a "health emergency of international scope". The 190 member countries will coordinate the crisis measures recommended by the WHO .
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