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Coronavirus in Bavaria: In this way the disease could spread in the Free State

2020-02-10T08:46:35.680Z


The number of Bavarians infected with the corona virus is increasing: two more cases were confirmed at the weekend. But there is also good news.


The number of Bavarians infected with the corona virus is increasing: two more cases were confirmed at the weekend. But there is also good news.

  • A novel lung disease has claimed hundreds of lives.
  • The corona virus * broke out in China, and people in Germany have already been infected.
  • Researchers have worked up how the infection chain went in Germany in the first cases: a chronology.

Munich - The coronavirus continues to spread: at the weekend, the Bavarian Ministry of Health reported two more cases. From Wednesday to Friday, employees of the Webasto company from Stockdorf (Starnberg district) - the source of the virus in Bavaria - were examined. 139 tests gave negative results. But on Friday evening, a ministry spokesman confirmed that a 52-year-old Webasto employee from the Fürstenfeldbruck district had been infected, and on Saturday evening the illness of a 33-year-old from Munich was announced. There are now eight coronavirus cases in Bavaria. Both patients and four other patients are treated in the Munich Clinic Schwabing . "All six of our cases with the detection of the coronavirus are in a clinically stable condition, sometimes showed flu-like symptoms and are currently largely symptom-free," explained chief physician Professor Clemens Wendtner. Because pathogens are still detected in the patients, they stay in the clinic. There you would also be prepared for other cases: Up to 30 beds are available.

Video: 2nd child and another Webasto employee infected with coronavirus

Coronavirus: Infected father and son isolated in hospital in Trostberg

An infected father from Siegsdorf (Traunstein district) and his son , who is also sick, are isolated in the hospital in Trostberg . The wife and two other children are also treated there. No viruses were found in them, but they also show symptoms of illness. The condition of the family is stable.

It is now clear that there is no risk of infection in the company kindergarten in Siegsdorf that the sick child visits. During the last visit, the child "was not suspected of being infected or sick," says the Traunstein district office. The authorities have also become active in Fürstenfeldbruck: the health authority is trying to determine the contact persons of the 52-year-old. "Then you try to keep these people away from the public," explains District Administrator Thomas Karmasin. This is to prevent the virus from spreading further.

Researchers in the New England Journal, among others, have reviewed the chain of infection in Germany in the first cases. A chronology:

January 16: A Chinese employee of the Webasto company receives a visit from her parents in Shanghai from the Wuhan region, which is severely affected by the coronavirus.

January 19 to 23: The Chinese woman visits the Webasto company in Stockdorf. She has no symptoms of illness and is taking part in a seminar on January 21, together with a 33-year-old Webasto employee from Kaufering (Landsberg am Lech district). Another Chinese employee who is later found to have an infection is said to have attended meetings.

January 23: The Chinese woman feels sick on the return flight.

January 24: The otherwise healthy Kauferinger suffers from a sore throat, chills and muscle aches. The following day he got a 39.1 degree fever and cough with expectoration.

January 26: The Chinese woman is tested positive for the corona virus. The 33-year-old feels better in the evening. The next day he goes back to work.

January 27: The Chinese woman informs the company about her illness. The Kauferinger is then tested positive. It is the first coronavirus case in Germany.

January 28: Tests show that a 27-year-old, a 40-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were also infected. All three work at Webasto. One of the patients had contact with the Chinese, the others with the 33-year-old.

January 30: In the late evening, it is announced that another Webasto employee from Siegsdorf (Traunstein district) has become infected. He has flu-like symptoms, like his wife and three children, between six months and five years.

January 31: It turns out that the eldest son of the Siegsdorfer got infected. No viruses can be detected in the other family members - but they also have symptoms. In the evening it is announced that a 52-year-old Webasto employee from the Fürstenfeldbruck district has also become infected.

February 1: A 33-year-old Webasto employee from Munich gives a positive test result. It is also known that a German tourist is ill on the Spanish island of La Gomera. He had contact with infected people in Germany. 124 people, including a Würzburg family, are flown to Germany from Wuhan.

February 2: Two of the returnees from Wuhan are ill. You are in a Frankfurt clinic.

CLAUDIA SCHURI / ULRICH KAUFMANN

What are the symptoms * and how do you get infected *? We have put together more information for you.

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

The corona virus has arrived in the state capital. Four cases are known. Many citizens are now afraid (tz.de *). As reported by nordbuzz.de *, the first people in Schleswig-Holstein were isolated by the corona virus.

Local restaurants in Stockdorf are currently feeling that Webasto will be closed until February 11th. * Because of this, many guests are missing.

* Merkur.de / tz.de / nordbuzz.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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