Coronavirus in Göttingen: Suspected case not confirmed - death toll in China increases

Coronavirus in Göttingen: Four new suspected cases of the pathogen are treated in the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). All four cases have not been confirmed. In China, however, the death toll is increasing.

• Coronavirus in Göttingen and Lower Saxony
• Four new suspected cases at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)
• Suspected cases have not been confirmed
• Already on Tuesday (28.01.2020) there was a suspected case of the pathogen from Wuhan in China at the university clinic

Update from 03.02.2020, 2:59 p.m .: There are currently no confirmed cases of the corona virus in Lower Saxony . In Germany, however, ten people have already been infected. However, there are many more cases in China, where the virus is spreading further and further. Nationwide, over 17,000 people are infected. According to the Health Commission in Beijing on Monday, 57 people died again. The number of fatalities has now risen to 361 - the strongest increase to date in one day. However, the epidemic has not yet reached its peak, as head of the national team of experts in the fight against the coronavirus, Zhong Nanshan, said on Monday, according to the dpa news agency. "We expect the epidemic to peak in ten days to two weeks."

Germany is well prepared for a possible epidemic, as health minister Jens Spahn told the ARD morning magazine. "For this situation we now have intensive care units, sufficient isolation wards and rooms and the equipment we need." In view of the few cases in Germany, however, it is "far from possible" to speak of an epidemic.

Coronavirus in Göttingen: University medicine gives the all-clear

Update from 03.02.2020, 07.12 a.m .: In Germany there are now ten confirmed cases of the corona virus . According to the RKI, the majority of those affected were previously in Wuhan or had contact with people who were there. In addition, it is stated that further transmissions must be expected, but the general risk from the pathogen from China is low.

Update from 02/01/2020, 02:28 p.m .: There are no infected patients with the corona virus in Göttingen. On Saturday morning, the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) gave the all-clear: "We don't have a coronavirus case," spokesman Stefan Weller said when asked by our newspaper.

The fourth suspected case had also proved unsustainable after being checked by special laboratories. As in three suspected cases, the result was negative this week after testing in Berlin and Hanover.

Update from January 31, 2020, 5:30 p.m .: Three of the four patients in Göttingen University Medicine (UMG) can breathe easy: They are not infected with the coronavirus. UMG spokesman Stefan Weller confirms this at the request of our editorial team. The result for the fourth suspected case is still pending.

Update from January 31, 2020, 3.15 p.m .: In Germany, a child has been infected with the corona virus for the first time. It is the child of an infected man from the Bavarian district of Traunstein. This is announced by the Bavarian Ministry of Health.

Update from January 31, 2020, 2:11 p.m .: Italy has declared a national emergency . The government announced this in Rome after two coronavirus cases were confirmed. The emergency should last for six months.

Coronavirus: Italy stops flights

The infected are said to be two tourists from China . They were in a hotel in the center of Rome. The couple are now in an isolation ward in the Italian capital. Italy claims to have stopped all flights to and from China.

Update from January 31, 2020, 1:46 pm: The Air Force's Airbus A310 is on its way to Wuhan in China. The machine is said to evacuate 100 people from the place of origin of the coronavirus. The plane is scheduled to land in Frankfurt on Saturday evening. That reports fr.de. *

Update from January 31, 2020, 8:48 a.m .: In Germany, five people are now infected with the corona virus . All patients live in Bavaria.

Video: 5 infected people in Germany

Update from 30.01.2020, 9 p.m .: There are four new suspected cases of the corona virus in Göttingen. Those who may be infected with the coronavirus are in the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) . "We have four suspected cases (hna.de *), the patients are being cared for," said UMG spokesman Stefan Weller when asked by our editorial team.

The patients who may have been infected with the Wuhan disease had been in contact with people from China .

Already on Tuesday (28.01.2020) there was a suspected case of the flu-like illness from Asia in Göttingen . The all-clear could be given in this case: it had not been the dangerous corona virus.

Update from 30.01.2020, 5 p.m .: The suspected case on the cruise ship has not been confirmed. The woman was not infected with the corona virus.

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Lower Saxony is preparing for the corona virus

Update from January 30th, 2020, 4:02 pm: Northeim is also preparing for the Coronavirus *: The Continental Corporation is restricting employee trips to and from China. Contitech's Northeim site is also affected. In addition, the Helios Albert-Schweitzer Clinic and the vocational schools 1 react to a possible spread.

Update from 01/30/2020, 1:50 p.m .: Around 7,000 passengers and crew are stuck on a cruise ship off the Italian coast. The reason: A tourist from the Chinese special administrative region Macao shows symptoms of a coronavirus infected.

Samples were taken from the woman and her husband. The couple are said to have been isolated in the ship's infirmary. That reports welt.de.

Coronavirus in Göttingen and Lower Saxony: The health department checks new samples every day

Update from 01/30/2020, 1:23 p.m .: The Lower Saxony State Health Office checks new samples every day to determine whether it is the corona virus . This is confirmed by press spokesman Dr. Holger Scharlach on request from our editorial team. "The number of daily tests is in the single-digit range," explains Scharlach. There is still no positive result.

Update from 30.01.2020, 11.15 a.m .: After the open suspected cases in Lower Saxony, Hesse is now also affected several times. In Wiesbaden , a man obviously suffers from a respiratory illness. However, the check for the coronavirus is positive for the patient - he is not infected.

There is also a suspected case at the University Hospital Marburg : A patient shows signs of the coronavirus. After the required examinations have been completed, however, it is clear that the patient has not contracted the pathogen from China. Doctors therefore point out again that the symptoms match many other viral infections.

Worldwide reactions to the coronavirus: not only Lower Saxony is affected

The corona virus has caused reactions worldwide. Not only airlines such as Lufthansa, British Airways and the Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air have canceled their flights to China, but also the Swedish furniture group Ikea wants to close all branches in China.

The virus from Wuhan has also had a serious impact on sports: the World Athletics Championships in China planned for next March have been postponed by one year, China's footballers are in quarantine in Australia and the Ski World Cup in Beijing has been canceled.

Update from January 29, 2020, 4:14 p.m .: There is still no confirmed corona virus case in Lower Saxony. The Lower Saxony Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Carola Reimann in the Lower Saxony state parliament. Nevertheless, one takes seriously the possible spread of the disease.

According to the State Health Office, Germany and Lower Saxony are well prepared for the coronavirus, said Reimann. "It is now important to act objectively and prudently," said the Minister of Social Affairs.

Update from 01/29/2020, 1:20 p.m .: The health ministry will report on the suspected cases of the coronavirus and the situation in Lower Saxony in a live stream at 2.45 p.m.

Update from January 29th, 2020, 1:38 pm: There are still 9 suspected cases of coronavirus in Lower Saxony. At the request of the editors, the press office of the Ministry of Health of Lower Saxony confirms that some suspected cases of the Wuhan virus are under investigation. "These are not always suspicious cases within the meaning of the Robert Koch Institute's case definition," says the press office of the ministry. If a new case arises, the public will be informed immediately.

Update from 29.01.2020, 10.35 a.m .: There are currently 9 suspected cases of corona virus in Lower Saxony. The suspicion of an infection in Göttingen was cleared up on Tuesday evening - there was an all-clear at the University Medical Center. Nevertheless, precautionary measures regarding the Chinese disease continue to be taken in the northern German state, and this is also how the large companies react. According to information from the NDR, the tire manufacturer Continental in Hanover has banned all business trips for its own employees to China. The company also has a small sales office in Wuhan, the Chinese city from which the virus is said to originate.

According to the NDR, Volkswagen released the employees in China over the holidays. But there is no panic.

The suspected cases of the new #Coronavirus are still being clarified in Lower Saxony. There is a single-digit number of suspected cases in the country - but no confirmed infection, said a spokesman for the State Health Office in Hanover on Wednesday.

Update from January 28th, 2020, 9:27 pm: While there was an all-clear at the University Medical Center in Göttingen (UMG) in connection with the suspected case of coronavirus in the city in Lower Saxony, three other cases have been confirmed in Bavaria. According to initial information, the infected are related to the first coronavirus patient in Germany known since Monday. The three new infected are now isolated.

The automobile manufacturer Volkswagen released its employee in China over the holidays. But there is no panic, the NDR quotes a spokesman for the group.

Coronavirus Göttingen: four new suspected cases at the university clinic, the so-called university medicine in Göttingen (Lower Saxony)

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Coronavirus in Lower Saxony? - Three other confirmed cases in Bavaria

Where the 33-year-old, infected man infected the other people with the corona viruses and whether other people could be affected, was not known on Tuesday evening (28.01.2020).

Update from January 28, 2020, 6.30 p.m .: One of the suspected cases of coronavirus in Lower Saxony has not been confirmed . Stefan Weller, spokesman for the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), informed the editorial team on Tuesday evening. The result of the laboratory tests had arrived from the Charité in Berlin in the evening in the clinic in Göttingen. The finding shows that it is not the dangerous disease from Asia . 9 further suspected cases of the coronavirus in Lower Saxony are waiting to be clarified.

Coronavirus also in Germany - nine suspected cases in Lower Saxony

Update from 01/28/2020, 17.07: After the suspicion of coronavirus in Lower Saxony , which the University Medical Center Göttingen had reported, the state of Lower Saxony is now expressing its opinion . According to the state, it is well prepared for a possible Wuhan virus . "We are very well prepared," said Health Minister Carola Reimann (SPD). According to her ministry, some suspected cases are currently being investigated. No case of coronavirus has yet been confirmed in Lower Saxony. The President of the State Health Office, Matthias Pulz, spoke of ten cases in Lower Saxony. All those affected had previously been to China. They could also be isolated at home.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Samples can be checked in Hanover

Suspected cases have also been examined at the State Health Office in Hanover since Tuesday. Because there has recently been its own laboratory diagnostics. According to Minister of Health Reimann, this saves sending the samples to the Charite and thus saves valuable time in the fight against the disease.

Update from January 28, 2020, 3:53 p.m .: After the suspected case of coronavirus in the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) in Lower Saxony, many people are now wondering what the procedure is if the disease is suspected.

Coronavirus in the University Medical Center Göttingen in Lower Saxony: This is how a suspected case is recorded

According to Stefan Weller, press spokesman for the University Medical Center Göttingen, the admission as a suspected case proceeds as follows: The patient is referred by the family doctor as a suspected case of coronavirus to the UMG in Lower Saxony and ideally announced beforehand by phone. The admission is carried out in the emergency room via a so-called infection protection room, which is specially set up to accommodate potentially infectious patients.

The emergency room staff also slips into the room via a separate entrance and puts on the appropriate full protective clothing, including a respirator, smock and gloves, in the lock. This is how transmission from the virus from China is to be prevented.

Suspected coronavirus in Lower Saxony: infection station in the University Medical Center Göttingen

Initial diagnosis and treatment then take place in the infection room. If there is an indication for inpatient admission, inpatient admission takes place in the infection station of the house.

The transport is carried out in compliance with the infection protection measures mentioned, a risk to personnel, visitors or other UMG patients is excluded.

Update from January 28th, 2020, 3:30 p.m .: After the suspected case of Coronavirus in Göttingen became known , people are concerned. As the Evangelische Krankenhaus Weende (EKW) in Lower Saxony reports, there are more inquiries from the population about the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) than before.

Spokesman Stefan Rampfel explained that all employees of the Central Emergency Department (ZNA) were trained to identify possible suspected cases.

Coronavirus: suspected case in Lower Saxony - patients should inform the clinic beforehand

Every patient who wants to go to a hospital with the symptoms of the coronavirus should inform the relevant clinic in advance in order to avoid contact with other patients during admission, according to the EKW in Lower Saxony. So far, there have been no suspected cases in the Weender Hospital itself.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: University Medical Center Göttingen reports suspected case

First report from January 28th, 2020: Göttingen - In Göttingen in Lower Saxony there is a suspected case of the corona virus. It was not until Monday that it became known that a 33-year-old man from Bavaria had been infected with the virus.

A suspected case has therefore not been confirmed.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: One person lies in isolation at Uni-Klinik Göttingen - 9 further suspected cases

Another person was admitted to the isolation station until the results of the trial examination were available, explained Stefan Weller, press spokesman for the University Medical Center Göttingen in Lower Saxony on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.

The current suspected case of the virus from Wuhan had been in contact in China and had been referred to the UMG by the family doctor. It is checked whether the person has actually contracted the corona virus. The clinic did not provide any further information on the patient with reference to data protection.

Coronavirus: symptoms are very similar to flu

The symptoms of the coronavirus are similar to those of severe flu

• Headache and body aches
• difficulty breathing
• fever
• to cough
• sniff

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Suspected case - how does the virus differ from flu?

The person concerned must have had contact with a risk area in China or had contact with the relevant Chinese travelers. Weller from the University Medical Center in Göttingen (Lower Saxony) emphasizes that this is the decisive criterion for a suspected coronavirus case.

Coronavirus in Göttingen: The suspected case has not been confirmed. In Lower Saxony, another 9 suspected cases of the Wuhan virus are waiting to be clarified. On Tuesday (January 28th, 2020) the university medicine warns at the entrance. The clinic took security precautions.

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If this is the case and there is a respiratory infection , you should contact the family doctor or contact the health department, the experts at the University of Göttingen recommend.

Corona virus in Germany: first confirmed case in Bavaria

The first case of the corona virus in Germany was announced on Monday evening. The 33-year-old man from the Landsberg district * was infected with the pathogen last week, but according to Andreas Zapf, President of the State Office for Health Bavaria, still showed up for work on Monday "because he didn't know anything about his illness" , The company in question, Webasto , worked very constructively. As of now there were no other people with symptoms in the company.

The President does not recommend business trips to China from the State Office for Health.

Corona virus video: How to protect yourself from infection

Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt Airport, is also arming itself for the corona virus and taking precautionary measures.

100 Germans come back from China because of the corona virus. You have to go to a quarantine gym at Frankfurt Airport. But that's not all.

By Andreas Arens and Daniela Deeg with dpa

* fr.de and hna.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network.