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Coronavirus in Bavaria: Another case of infection confirmed - affected person lives in Munich

2020-02-02T10:01:52.958Z


Coronavirus in Bavaria: The number of infected people has increased to eight. Clinics are preparing, schools are also taking action. Auto parts supplier Webasto closed its headquarters.


Coronavirus in Bavaria: The number of infected people has increased to eight. Clinics are preparing, schools are also taking action. Auto parts supplier Webasto closed its headquarters.

  • The first infection with the coronavirus * was reported in Bavaria from the district of Starnberg.
  • The Bavarian Ministry of Health has since confirmed that there are seven infected people in the Free State.
  • There are also many suspected coronavirus cases: Around 90 people were quarantined on Wednesday.

Update from 9.46 a.m .: The man from Siegsdorf, who is infected with the coronavirus just like one of his children, is together with his family in the isolation ward of the Trostberger Klinik. Prof. Dr. commented on the accommodation Thomas Glück, Head of Internal Medicine. (Merkur.de *)

Coronavirus: number of confirmed diseases is increasing

Update of February 2, 2020, 7:16 a.m .: The Chinese health commission announced in Beijing on Sunday that the lung disease with the new deaths in Hubei has now cost a total of 304 people in China. The number of confirmed diseases rose faster than ever in one day - from 2580 to 14 380 cases.

Around 150 infections are known to exist outside of China, eight of them in Germany. On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported the first confirmed death outside the People's Republic: A Chinese from Wuhan who traveled to the Philippines on January 21 died on Saturday and his companion fell ill. According to the WHO, they are the only documented cases of infection in the Philippines. Potential contacts would be examined.

Update 19.55: In Bavaria, the corona virus has been detected in an eighth person. This was announced by the Bavarian Ministry of Health. A 33-year-old employee of Webasto in Stockdorf in the district of Starnberg is affected. The man lives in Munich . The ministry plans to provide further details on Sunday.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: Ministry of Health talks about the condition of the infected

Update from February 1, 2020, 10.50 a.m .: The coronavirus continues to spread. The seven infected patients in Bavaria so far are in a stable state of health , as a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said on Saturday in Munich.

The seventh case had become known on Friday evening. It is a 52-year-old man who lives in the Fürstenfeldbruck district . Like four other cases, he is currently in the Munich Clinic Schwabing . All of them are employees of the Webasto company from the Starnberg district, which also deals with the first known coronavirus case.

The new case with the detection of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) currently shows only mild symptoms, said chief physician Prof. Clemens Wendtner . "The four known patients with a positive test result are currently largely symptom-free." However, all patients remain in the clinic for clinical observation.

The sixth confirmed Corona case had been confirmed on Friday afternoon. It is the child of a man from the Traunstein district who had tested positive the previous day. These patients, who are accommodated in a clinic in Trostberg, are in a stable condition, said the ministry in Munich.

The Webasto company had carried out extensive tests in the past few days. Of the 128 results currently available, 127 were negative. The positive finding comes from the 52-year-old from the Fürstenfeldbruck district.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: the number of infected continues to rise - now a total of seven cases

Update 8.45pm: In Bavaria there is now the seventh case of a coronavirus infection. The number of people affected in the Free State rose to seven. The Bavarian Ministry of Health announced on Friday evening in Munich that the new infected person was a man from the Fürstenfeldbruck district. He also works for the automotive supplier Webasto from Gauting-Stockdorf in Upper Bavaria - like the five first known cases.

Update 7:27 p.m .: After the six infections with the new type of corona virus so far, further tests at the affected company Webasto in the district of Starnberg have shown no further illnesses for the time being. This was announced by a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health on Friday evening with reference to the State Office for Health and Food Safety. According to that, a total of 122 tests by Webasto employees were negative. Test results from other people examined should follow soon.

Thus, there are currently six known coronavirus cases in Bavaria (as of Friday evening 6:00 p.m.). According to doctors, all those affected were in a stable condition.

Update, 3:12 p.m .: The fear of the corona virus apparently leads to the exclusion of Webasto employees and their relatives. "We are increasingly receiving reports from employees who do not belong to the risk group that they and their families are rejected by institutions, companies or businesses when it becomes known that they work at Webasto," said CEO Holger Engelmann on Friday. "We understand that the current situation is unsettling and also scaring people, but that is an enormous burden for the families of our employees."

According to a spokeswoman, employees reported, among other things, that their parents or spouse had been sent home by their employers. Children were no longer accepted by kindergartens. In one case, a garage with reference to the virus also refused to repair an employee's car.

Update, 2:23 p.m .: The number of people infected in Germany continues to increase. The first infected child has now been confirmed *.

Update, 1:03 p.m .: The first infection with the corona virus was reported in Germany from the district of Starnberg, and there are now five sick people in Bavaria. Around 90 contact persons are under domestic quarantine. RTL reporter Miriam Werning lives in Starnberg and describes in a self-made video how much the virus also affects her family.

"When I found out yesterday that we have the corona virus on our doorstep, I went to the pediatrician with my son," explains Werning. As the RTL reporter further explains, her son had bronchitis that had gotten worse again. "I just wanted to be on the safe side and had the doctor listen to him briefly," explains Miriam Werning in the video.

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RTL reporter Miriam Werning told her coronavirus story.

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The diagnosis of the doctor then relieved the RTL reporter. "She said that everything is fine and it is not the corona virus. But I was really unsettled, ”said the editor.

Update January 31, 2020, 6.40 a.m .: There may be other coronavirus cases in Siegsdorf, in the Traunstein district. In the evening, four people, two adults and two children, were picked up by the BRK. The emergency services wore protective suits. Bayerische Rundfunk and chiemgau24.de report that there may be a connection to the corona virus.

Jens Spahn and the doctor Johannes Wimmer discussed the corona virus with Maybrit Illner. The doctor's worrying statements hit a nerve with Spahn.

Corona virus in Bavaria: further infected confirmed - number increases to five

Update 10:25 p.m .: As reported by the Bavarian Ministry of Health , the number of people infected with the corona virus in Bavaria has now increased to five. It is also an employee of the company Webasto from the

District of Starnberg , which also deals with the four known cases. The fifth patient, now confirmed, is said to live in the Traunstein district. The health ministry wanted to share more information on Friday.

Because of the corona virus , the Bavarian Ministry of Health called on all hospitals in the Free State to prepare for the admission of suspected cases and patients with a confirmed infection.

Update 6:22 pm: As the chief physician of the Schwabing Clinic Clemens Wendter announced, the capacities of the clinic could be increased: "Then we would have up to 30 beds in Schwabing for the care of coronavirus patients."

However, these beds should only be reserved for confirmed coronavirus patients, he emphasized. "That's why the following applies: Those who have a high fever are very likely to have a normal cold or flu," said Wendtner. "Before these patients are admitted to our infectious disease department in Schwabing, the coronavirus test should have been carried out." Suspected cases should not be automatically sent to Schwabing.

The chairman of the clinic's management, Axel Fischer, said: “One thing is clear: the Munich clinic will always meet its care mandate. But it is also clear that we need the support of the other hospitals in the region and the resident doctors. ”The house is in close coordination with the Bavarian Ministry of Health.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: No further cases to be reported

Update of January 30, 2020, 5:22 p.m .: According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Health based on information from the District Office for Health and Food Safety , there are no other coronavirus cases in Bavaria. By the afternoon (4:00 p.m.), all findings from the ongoing tests had been negative.

Update of January 30, 2020, 2:05 p.m .: The State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) has announced special safety measures for around 90 people in Bavaria . They have had contact with those infected with the coronavirus * who work at the Webasto plant in Stockdorf, reports Bild . 40 of them are said to be employees of the company. The other 50 people come from the immediate vicinity of the infected .

With the help of throat swabs it should be checked whether further infections are present. According to the picture, the 90 people must be in quarantine at home and must not leave their house or apartment. They were also asked to regularly measure fever and keep a diary about it. This should be checked by calling. On Thursday evening, Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) discussed in an expert panel on corona virus with Maybrit Illner on ZDF.

Coronavirus: Webasto plant closed - fear in 4000 town

Update of January 30, 2020, 9.55 a.m .: After the outbreak of the corona virus in Stockdorf in Upper Bavaria, the Webasto site was closed. All infected are employees of the auto supplier. There is fear in the 4000-inhabitant town. On the one hand, before the virus - on the other hand, however, before the Webasto plant was closed for a long time.

Corona virus: Tests extended in Bavaria - Effects on Neuschwanstein Castle

9:22 pm: The outbreak of the corona virus has an impact on the Neuschwanstein Castle tourist region. "Many hotels complain about cancellations and will have a massive economic impact - especially the hotels that specialize in group travel from Asia," said Stefan Fredlmeier, director of tourism in Augsburg , told the Augsburger Allgemeine . The number of cancellations changes daily. The decline According to Fredlmeier, the number of tourists and day visitors will have an economic impact on Füssen and the surrounding communities , and the local hospital and the authorities are already prepared for possible infections, he told the newspaper.

8:22 pm: As the spokesman for the Landratsberg Landsberg am Lech, Wolfgang Müller, reports, the family members of the 33-year-old, who had been tested positive for the corona virus on Tuesday, are doing well. "Mother and child still have no symptoms". The crèche where the child is is still open.

6.10 p.m .: After the illness of four employees, the automotive supplier Webasto has around 80 colleagues tested for the corona virus. About 40 contact persons of the first patient were examined on Wednesday in Gauting Stockdorf , about as many contact persons of the other patients should take the virus test on Thursday, said CEO Holger Engelmann on Wednesday.

The corporate headquarters in Gauting-Stockdorf, including the development and test center for roofs in Stockdorf near Munich, will remain closed until Sunday due to the cases. That was a precaution, said Engelmann. You want to create a structure to deal with the situation professionally.

Coronavirus: infected people in clinically good condition

3:17 p.m .: The four coronavirus patients in Germany are in clinically good condition, according to the Bavarian Ministry of Health. "According to chief physician Prof. Clemens Wendtner from the Clinic for Infectious Diseases at the Munich Clinic Schwabing, everyone is symptom-free," a spokesman said on Wednesday at the request of the German Press Agency.

There were three men and one woman. All of them are employees of the Webasto company from Gauting in Upper Bavaria. According to the findings, a 33-year-old was infected last week by a colleague who had entered China. The Ministry confirmed the infection of the three other people on Tuesday evening.

In the late Wednesday afternoon the house wants to inform about the current status. Test results from two other people were negative on Wednesday. Further investigations were ongoing.

Update 12.35 p.m .: After it became known that a total of five Webasto employees had been infected with the corona virus, their contact persons were also checked for an infection. So far, however, the virus has not been detected in the family of the 33-year-old from the Landsberg am Lech district, where the symptoms first appeared. Mother and child are doing well, a spokesman said.

Update 10.44: In addition to the four known cases in Bavaria, in which people have been infected with the corona virus, there are now also first suspected cases in other parts of Germany. Some events in Stuttgart (two women) and Siegen (one person) are currently being investigated.

Ten suspected cases of the corona virus are currently being investigated in Lower Saxony . The all-clear has already been given for some patients, for example in Göttingen.

Further coronavirus infections in the district of Starnberg - company closed

10.13 a.m .: Everything quietly on Wednesday morning at Webasto after several coronavirus cases in the company became known.

After the closure of the headquarters of the automotive supplier Webasto, dozens of employees picked up their laptops in the morning in Stockdorf (district of Starnberg) in Bavaria.

The colleagues are asked to work in the home office, said spokeswoman Nadine Schian. "The employees are very loyal." Most remained calm. He was not worried, said an employee who left the company with a laptop bag in the morning.

Update of January 29, 6:37 a.m .: The fear of the corona virus has spread quickly throughout Upper Bavaria after the infections in the district of Starnberg. In many counties, such as Erding, the protective breathing masks are almost sold out. They are becoming scarce in Ebersberg too.

Hospitals and clinics in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district are trying to prepare for all necessary measures in connection with the virus . A school in Bad Tölz also reacted with another immediate measure - and canceled a planned trip to China.

Researchers in Australia have now been able to successfully breed the corona virus. A "major breakthrough" in the search for an antidote, as the experts let it know.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths in China increases dramatically - to 132 now.

Coronavirus: Three more infected in Bavaria confirmed - Ministry of Health informed

9:17 p.m .: Three other people in Bavaria are infected with the corona virus. The new diseases are therefore related to the first case. This was announced by a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Munich on Tuesday evening. The company Webasto, where the first infected person worked, also informed that all three newly infected patients are also working at the company headquarters in Stockdorf in the Starnberg district.

The three newly infected patients are also employees of the Webasto company from the Starnberg district, where the first person affected is employed. "It was decided that the three new patients should also be admitted to the Munich Klinik Schwabing and medically monitored and isolated there," the ministry said. "A few other contact persons are currently running a test to determine whether they are infected with the corona virus." A spokesman initially did not provide any further information in the evening.

Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml (CSU) said according to the message: “A total of around 40 employees of the company were identified who could be considered as close contacts. Those affected should be tested on Wednesday as a precaution. "

The Webasto company also responds to the diseases in several ways: Yesterday, all business trips to and from China were canceled for at least two weeks, and employees at the Stockdorf location were given the option of working in their home office this week. The company has now announced that the Stockdorf site will be temporarily closed until Sunday.

Also because of the many unknowns, a number of conspiracy theories about the corona virus are spreading primarily on the Internet. You can find an overview here.

Coronavirus: Man (33) infected in the district of Starnberg - Munich Airport warns passengers

8.44 p.m .: Gauting's Mayor Dr. Brigitte Kössinger spoke yesterday afternoon about the current coronavirus case in her community with a press release. "We are in close contact with all the authorities involved and the company concerned," she said. “At this point in time, the Gauting community does not need to take any further steps. Citizens can contact the health department of the Starnberg district office at any time. ”In addition, Kössinger referred the citizen's phone to the Bavarian Ministry of Health, which can be reached at z (0 91 31) 68 08 51 01. "If there are new findings, we will inform the population immediately," said the mayor.

5.50 p.m .: After the coronavirus infection in the district of Starnberg (Bavaria), all neighboring counties are also preparing. In the Munich district, several companies, such as BMW and Mars Germany, have ties to China. You take action. Likewise, the TU Garching, where a large number of Chinese are studying. A Kirchheim native who is currently working in Hong Kong also reports of the ghostly empty streets. *

4:40 pm : The corona virus has reached Bavaria. The Freising Clinic is prepared. However, the hygiene officer warns against scaremongering - and the flu wave, which is now often played down.

3:40 pm: At Munich Airport , posters in three languages ​​are asked to see a doctor if they suspect an infection with the new corona virus. This has prompted the State Office of Health , as a spokesman for the airport said on Tuesday. In German, English and Chinese, the symptoms and preventive measures for trips to the risk areas are briefly described and contact persons are given.

Spahn on Coronavirus in Germany / Bavaria: "The number of suspected cases will increase every day"

2:47 pm : Spahn continues: "The number of suspected cases will increase every day." If only because of the high level of public awareness. It is important here to filter out the justified suspected cases. As happened quickly in Starnberg, for example.

14:38: Health Minister Jens Spahn is currently speaking in a PK. "The case in Bavaria would not have been recognized earlier by a fever measurement at the airport," he says. He refuses to take fever measurements, for example at Munich Airport . Instead, clinics are obliged to report suspected cases centrally. Conspiracy theories of any kind, such as happened in Passau *, strongly condemned Spahn.

13:52: Meanwhile, a user of the yodel app made a bad joke. He posted a fake SZ article at Jodel about a coronavirus case in Passau. *

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Pharmacist Edeltraud Priller warns of hysteria.

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13:05: Edeltraud Priller, owner of the Olympia pharmacy in Starnberg , says: "We could have sold 30 mouthguard packs this morning." The only problem was that the masks were sold out at all wholesalers. If you are lucky, the pharmacist from Starnberg will get a few more with the noon delivery.

Priller reports that masks were available online for a short period of time. "Two minutes later you couldn't order them again." The pharmacist also says that almost every second visitor asks about face masks because of the Corona case from Stockdorf. "But you don't have to get hysterical." It is important to behave as usual in times of flu: shake hands only when absolutely necessary, wash hands often and keep a certain distance from the other person.

12.55 p.m .: The Starnberg Health Office is currently busy finding the contact persons who were in contact with the woman who was ill in China and the man from the Landsberg district. Inquiries from concerned citizens are constantly being received in the district office, as the Starnberg Mercury reports.

Corona virus setup affected? Kindergarten remains open despite the infected father

12.30 p.m .: The crèche in Landsberg am Lech , where the child of the man suffering from the coronavirus is cared for, remains open for the time being. "We currently see no reason to close the crèche," said a spokesman for the local district office on Tuesday. "Neither the woman nor the patient's child have been ill to date."

The parents of the institution concerned were not specifically informed, said the spokesman. "Of course that changes if the child still gets sick."

12 noon: Even after the first confirmed case of the new type of corona virus in Germany, an infection expert believes that protective measures by citizens such as wearing a face mask are currently unnecessary. "Personal protection is completely senseless at the moment," said the chairman of the German Society for Infectious Diseases, Bernd Salzberger (University Clinic Regensburg), on Tuesday of the German Press Agency. The health authorities took "excellent care" that citizens could rely on.

Whether flu, coronavirus or other colds - the best protection against infection is hygiene. So: hand washing and little handshaking.

What are the symptoms of coronavirus infection? On Merkur.de * you will find all information about the dangerous lung disease.

Coronavirus: 33-year-old from Landsberg district infected - doctor gives details on health status

11:22: The man infected with the coronavirus , who is currently in the Schwabing hospital, is doing "very well", according to his treating doctor. "He is fever-free and currently has no respiratory symptoms," said Clemens Wendtner, chief physician at the Schwabing Clinic in Munich , on Tuesday.

The man was not treated in the hospital's special isolation ward, but in the normal isolation ward in a room with a lock. "The special isolation station is not activated and is not activated for this patient," said Wendtner. He emphasized: "There is no risk for fellow patients." Close contacts such as family members and colleagues of the 33-year-old are called upon to stay at home.

11:15 a.m .: Webasto management has given employees at the Stockdorf headquarters the freedom to choose whether they want to come to the office or work at home. The company had previously canceled all business trips to China for the next two weeks.

Man Infected With Corona Virus - Authority Checks Kindergarten

10.48 a.m .: The test result for the 33-year-old man was available within just four hours, reports Andreas Zapf, President of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety. In this context, the authorities benefited from the situation of the Bundeswehr Institute in Munich.

#Coronavirus "Closures of facilities in #Bavaria are currently not up for debate" - Andreas Zapf, Lt. Bayer. Amt f. Health. #Cornavirusgermany

- BR24 (@ BR24) January 28, 2020

The Bavarian authorities are also checking a kindergarten . The 33-year-old patient from the Landsberg am Lech district has children in the facility. "Of course we think of the children and also the kindergartens," Zapf confirmed.

A total of about 40 contact persons are known to be checked by the health authority. They are advised to stay at home temporarily.

10.37 a.m .: How close the contact between the training participants was at the event in question is still open. The woman from Shanghai has been in Germany since January 19. The 33-year-old Webasto employee affected lives in the Landsberg am Lech district, according to the Ministry of Health. The authorities continue to advise against visits to the affected Wuhan region - in accordance with the travel advice provided by the Federal Foreign Office.

Employees infected with coronavirus: normal operation at Webasto in the Starnberg district

10.30 a.m .: Now Dr. Martin Hoch, head of the task force that was established in 2014. One is in close exchange with the federal authorities; The corresponding alarm plans have already come into effect at the airports . Suspected cases would be checked immediately, explains Dr. High. So far, no suspected case has been confirmed at Munich Airport. When leaving the plane, Chinese travelers are currently being sensitized by posters in their national language.

After the coronavirus illness of the employee at the auto parts supplier Webasto, the Gauting-Stockdorf site is in normal operation on Tuesday, as dpa just announced.

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On Tuesday morning, the Bavarian Ministry of Health spoke at a press conference on the first nationwide infection with the corona virus.

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10:26 am: It is now of central importance to identify contact persons for the 33-year-old concerned, Zapf clarifies. These are employees of the company, but also family members. The contacts of the Chinese trainer are also checked; Webasto had shown itself to be very cooperative in this context.

So far, no one has been able to determine who is showing symptoms . The central point with regard to the infection is that possible cases are recognized “very quickly”. In the present case, this was done very well. Overall, the risk to the population is described as “moderate”. (The colleagues from Heidelberg24 * also report on this.)

Coronavirus: Man from the district of Starnberg infected - who was he last contacted?

10.20 a.m .: The test result has been known since yesterday evening at 8.30 p.m., confirms the President of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, Andreas Zapf.

According to the Ministry of Health, the person concerned is 33 years old and had taken part in a meeting on January 21, so the trainer was a Chinese woman.

That employee is said to be working in a Chinese plant, she comes from Shanghai . Her parents are said to be from Wuhan Province, however. On January 23, the Chinese trainer flew back home. There she immediately went for medical treatment. As a result, doctors have identified an infection with the corona virus.

The company subsequently informed the health department that a Webasto employee would complain about flu symptoms a little later. Yesterday evening he had a positive test result too; therefore it was decided to treat him in the Schwabingen special clinic. The patient is said to be "quite well". His condition has not deteriorated so far. He was still working on Monday.

10.18 a.m .: Melanie Huml has just spoken: “We take the situation very seriously, but we are very well prepared. The corresponding task force is working under high pressure. “The patient is doing well; however, he was still isolated and under medical supervision.

Now it should be determined to whom the infected person had last contact. Further steps are to be discussed with the federal government. A hotline for citizens is also to be set up. Closures of Bavarian institutions are currently not an issue.

10.13 a.m .: "The health and protection of employees is our top priority. The two colleagues are doing well according to the circumstances. We are in contact with them, ”explains Holger Engelmann, CEO of the Webasto Group. "We are in close contact with the relevant authorities and regularly inform our employees about the next steps. It is important to us to provide all employees with transparent and comprehensive information, ”said Engelmann in a press release .

Webasto employee infects man with corona virus - other colleagues infected?

10 a.m .: The press conference starts in a few moments. "The strings are obviously coming together at Webasto ," an ntv reporter just explained. A Chinese employee is said to have been visiting the company's headquarters in Stockdorf (district of Starnberg) for three days; she is said to have shown the first symptoms of illness shortly after her departure. It is still unclear whether she might have infected other colleagues. A corona virus task force has already been set up at Munich Airport, as Merkur.de * reports. Webasto has meanwhile announced an early statement.

Live on BR24: Details on the #Coronavirus case of a man from the district #Starnberg. Press conference with Bavarian Minister of Health #Huml. https://t.co/xGkVMqxt9N

- BR24 (@ BR24) January 28, 2020

9.45 a.m .: In 15 minutes, the Bavarian Ministry of Health provides information about the first nationwide infection. We accompany the press conference from Haidenauplatz in the live ticker.

The patient has been infected by a Chinese guest at his company, reports the dpa . The woman from China had been to further training at the Webasto company in the Starnberg district in Upper Bavaria (see update from 8.28 a.m.). We previously reported on a male employee of the automotive supplier.

It has now also been confirmed that the man affected from the Starnberg district is being treated in the Schwabing Clinic. The infected person is "isolated, but not seriously ill," it said. Obviously there is no danger to life. How many patients could be accommodated in Schwabing in extreme cases is not known. It is one of seven national treatment centers for people with highly contagious diseases.

Man from the district of Starnberg infected with coronavirus - he is said to have infected his colleague

9.32 a.m .: It has not yet been officially confirmed that the man infected with the coronavirus is housed in the Schwabing clinic. The person affected is said to have been infected by a colleague , reports ntv now. Minister of Health Melanie Huml should give details at the press conference that will start in half an hour.

9.12 a.m .: Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) sees Germany well-equipped even after the first corona virus has become known . The case in Bavaria shows that one is well prepared, the CDU politician said on Tuesday. "According to the RKI (Robert Koch Institute), the risk to the health of people in Germany from the new respiratory disease from China remains low." It was to be expected that the virus would also reach Germany.

The infected man is apparently being treated in the clinic in Munich-Schwabing. There is a special area for the treatment of highly infectious diseases.

Coronavirus in Germany: Ministry of Health informs in press conference

8.28 a.m .: According to a tweet from ZDF journalist Alexander Poel, the corona virus was found in a Chinese employee of the automotive supplier Webasto . He had previously been at the headquarters in the Starnberg district. A connection with the infection case that became known last night should now be examined.

The #coronavirus was found at an auto supplier #webasto in an employee from #China who was at the headquarters in the district #Starnberg. Now you are examining a connection with the case that also became known yesterday in Starnberg. @ZDFheute

- Alexander Poel (@AlexanderPoel) January 28, 2020

7.55 a.m .: The Bavarian Ministry of Health has invited to a press conference on Tuesday morning for the first confirmed infection with the novel corona virus in Germany . At 10 a.m., the State Ministry of Health Melanie Huml (CSU) in Munich wants to inform about the case.

According to a press release, the President of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, Andreas Zapf, and the Head of the Infectiology Task Force of the State Office, Martin Hoch, also attended the press conference.

The Bavarian Minister of Health #Huml will announce details of the #Corona virus case of a man from the #Starnberg district at a #press conference in # Munich at 10 a.m.

- BR24 (@ BR24) January 28, 2020

First coronavirus case in Germany confirmed: infection in Bavarian district confirmed

Update January 28, 6:10 am: In Germany, an infection with the new corona virus has been confirmed for the first time . A man from the district of Starnberg was infected, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Munich late Monday evening.

According to the "Task Force Infectiology" of the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), the patient is clinically in good condition, as it was said in the message. "He is medically monitored and is isolated." People who had close contact with the patient would be informed in detail and informed about possible symptoms, hygiene measures and transmission routes.

The Bavarian Ministry of Health and the LGL want to inform the public at a press conference on Tuesday morning. The ministry spokesman emphasized: "The risk for the Bavarian population to become infected with the new corona virus is currently considered low by the" Task Force Infectious Diseases "of the LGL and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)."

The news from the district of Starnberg is also of concern to the people of Munich. A certain product seems to be sold out all over the city, as tz.de * reports.

Coronavirus authority confirms: first suspected case in Bavaria is investigated

Update from 4:01 p.m .: A spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health now also confirms that the suspected coronavirus case did not occur at Munich Airport . With reference to patient protection, the spokesman does not want to reveal in which part of Bavaria the case was noted.

First message at 12.50 pm: In Bavaria , it has, according to the Ministry of Health so far a coronavirus * given -Verdachtsfall. "This suspicion was cleared up last week - the finding was negative," said a spokesman on Monday. Berlin is already preparing repatriation campaigns by Germans *.

The case became known to the "Task Force Infectiology" located at the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL). The Task Force Infection Logic is based at Munich Airport.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: Munich Airport has no information

However, Munich Airport itself has no information about a suspected case of an air traveler who has arrived at Munich Airport, as a spokesman says on request.

Exactly where the suspected Corona virus occurred in Bavaria remains unclear. A spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health does not want to provide any information on this with reference to patient protection. You can find out here how likely an infection is *.

Already warned against the spread of the virus in Germany *. According to the ministry, the person had previously been in the metropolis of Wuhan in central China , which was particularly badly affected by the virus , and had symptoms of a respiratory disease.

Video: What we know so far about the corona virus

Corona virus: suspected case in Bavaria - man came from Wuhan

"The responsible health department has taken the necessary precautionary measures until the suspicion of a coronavirus infection is ruled out," said the ministry spokesman. "The" Task Force Infectious Diseases "of the LGL and the Bavarian Ministry of Health were in close contact with the health authority."

Suspected case in Bavaria: Unconfirmed case of the corona virus

The number of deaths from the novel lung disease in China rose by 24 to 80 by Monday. Within a day, the number of confirmed infections * with the new coronavirus in the People's Republic even increased by more than 700 to 2,744, according to state television, citing the Chinese authorities reported. With around 50 cases outside of China, almost 2,800 cases have thus far been confirmed worldwide. This is how you can protect yourself from lung disease *. Tourists should avoid a city in particular *.

The corona virus is currently also severely affecting cruises. Many cruises are canceled. Other lines refuse to do so.

* Heidelberg24, Merkur.de and tz.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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Source: merkur

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