So far, 16 people in Germany have contracted the corona virus. France reported the first death. Fear is growing, and owners of China restaurants are also noticing this.
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Update from Saturday, February 15th, 2020, 2:06 pm: The corona virus also affects the people of Kassel. This has negative consequences for some Chinese restaurant owners. Since the outbreak of the epidemi they have complained about fewer guests, many tables have remained empty.
The owner of the China restaurant Kaiser Garden in the Kurfürstengalerie Kassel, Yun Xu, puts the decline at 50 to 60 percent compared to previous years. He tries to explain: The majority of the food from which the dishes are prepared in his restaurant came from Germany or Holland. "We buy most of it in the metro."
Corona virus: infected person dies in France - first fatality in Europe
Update of February 15, 2020, 12:34 p.m .: The death of a person infected with the corona virus in France is said to be an 80-year-old tourist from China, said Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. According to her, this death would be "the first outside of Asia and the first in Europe".
Update from February 15th, 2020, 11:16 am: According to the AFP news agency, France reports the first death from the new Corona virus.
Corona virus: So far 16 people in Germany have been infected with the virus
Update from 14.02.2020, 11.00 a.m .: As confirmed by the Robert Koch Institute on Friday, 14.02.2020, 16 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Germany. Two of the cases are among the returnees from Wuhan who were brought back to Germany by the German Air Force. The other 14 cases are all related to the infection in a Bavarian company.
In the meantime, there is also an official name for the "novel corona virus" 2019-nCoV. The virus is now called Covid-19 .
In Shanghai there is still a state of emergency because of the corona virus. Now Jörg-Peter Nödler reports from the largest city in China. On Valentine's Day, the cook from Kassel will probably miss the guests.
Update from 02/13/2020, 6.56 a.m .: The spread of the corona virus in China is not coming to an end: Four men from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Hesse) are currently taking care of returnees from the Wuhan risk area. They are members of the DRK and volunteer in the barracks in Germersheim, where it must be ensured that none of the returnees is infected with the corona virus. The anticipation to return to Northern Hesse is great.
Corona virus from China makes German companies careful
Update from 02/12/2020, 07:36: The corona virus also makes German companies careful. Employees of the Schwalmstadt air conditioning manufacturer Konvekta in China have to protect themselves. The company is not yet affected - it should stay that way: Konvekta provides mouth protection and disinfectants, the employees are examined before entering the workplace and the cleaning measures have been strengthened. In addition, there is the advice to keep at least one meter distance from colleagues and other people.
Update from 09.02.2020, 7.30 p.m .: Peter Schaumburg and his family have been living in Beijing for 20 years. The Hofgeismarer describes what he experienced there because of the corona virus.
Update from 09.02.2020, 07.02 a.m .: Since the exact transmission routes of the pathogen from Wuhan are not yet known, there are now voices warning about packages from China. The fact is that billions of parcels from the Far East are delivered to German households every year. Think of mail order companies like Amazon or Alibaba.
Products from China a danger? How can the corona virus be transmitted?
But can you be infected with the corona virus when shopping in the Asia market or for products that come from Asia? How long does the coronavirus survive outside of a host body? There is still no conclusive information about this, but the WHO gives the all-clear:
Q: Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China?
(Question: Is it safe to receive letters or packages from?)
A: Yes, it is safe. People receiving packages from China are not at risk of contracting 2019-nCoV.
(Answer: Yes, it is safe. People who receive parcels from China are not at risk of being infected with the novel corona virus.)
Update from 08.02.2020, 3:52 p.m .: The coronavirus not only spreads through droplet infections - but also via faeces. According to a study by Chinese scientists. Patients in a hospital in Wuhan, China, had previously suffered from diarrhea and nausea before the onset of fever symptoms and breathing difficulties.
Update from February 7th, 2020, 6:06 pm: Because many students from China live in Bad Sooden-Allendorf, residents are afraid of the spread of the corona virus . We spoke to four students.
How people in and from northern Hesse react to the corona virus
Update from February 7th, 2020, 5:02 pm: For many Germans, the corona virus is far away. This does not apply to Carina Rüddenklau. The northern Hessian lives in China. She reports on how the corona virus changes her everyday life.
Update from February 7th, 2020, 2:42 pm: According to a study, the pangolin threatened and sought after in China could be the carrier of the coronavirus. No more precise research results were mentioned. The virus is believed to have spread from a market in Wuhun, China. Exotic wild animals were also offered on the market. That reports t-online.de.
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Update from February 6th, 2020, 4:38 pm: Hospitals in Northern Hesse are preparing for the coronavirus - also in Frankenberg and Korbach. "Our employees receive regular, targeted training on what to watch out for in epidemic cases," says a hospital spokeswoman.
From China to Germany? Coronavirus infection confirmed in 13 cases
Update from February 6th, 2020, 3:58 pm: The number of coronavirus infections in Germany increases to 13 confirmed cases. The wife of a sick person from the Bavarian district of Traunstein has also been tested positively. This is announced by the Bavarian Ministry of Health. There are 11 confirmed cases in Bavaria.
Two children of the couple had also tested positive. According to the doctors, they are symptom-free - just like the mother. The father's state of health is also stable. The family is in the hospital in Trostberg.
Update from February 6th, 2020, 1:47 pm: Shocking scenes about the corona virus in China: A blogger filmed the situation in a hospital in Wuhan. "My God, so many dead," he comments, looking at a hearse. The Chinese state television does not show the recordings.
Fear of infection with Chinese corona virus is increasing
Update from February 6th, 2020, 11:53 am: The fear of coronavirus infection is increasing - also in Northern Hesse: Students from China are increasingly suspicious in Bad Sooden-Allendorf. Racial hostility to Asians is increasing worldwide.
Update from February 6th, 2020, 8:59 am: According to the latest counts, a total of 12 people in Germany have contracted the novel corona virus from China. For the general population it is important to keep calm, to be vigilant, but not fearful. Doctors and pharmacists see no reason to panic.
Symptoms of the new coronavirus are: fever, cough and shortness of breath. People who have been to China (Wuhan) recently or who have been in contact with people there are at risk - but do not necessarily have to be sick. If you suspect that you have been infected with the Wuhan pathogen, you should first call your doctor by phone.
#Coronavirus - volunteer # DRK helpers from our regional association occupy two I-KTW in #Germersheim: motivated and conscientious. A big thank you! pic.twitter.com/ba6SPYE6nr
- DRK-LV Baden-Württemberg (@drklvbw) February 7, 2020Update from February 5, 2020, 7:13 p.m .: The World Health Organization will need just under $ 675 million (613 million euros) in the next three months to help poorer countries prepare for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus. "$ 675 million is a lot of money, but it's significantly less than what we could face if we don't invest in the arrangements now," said WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Corona virus: Strongest increase in China within 24 hours
China had reported nearly 4,000 new cases in the morning and a total of more than 24,000 cases. This is the biggest increase in 24 hours, Tedros explained.
Update from February 5, 2020, 3:33 p.m .: The corona virus continues to spread. That is why the aircraft manufacturer Airbus has closed its plant in China. Production in the port city of Tianjin, southeast of Beijing, was temporarily suspended. The company announces. The virus presented the aircraft manufacturer with "logistical challenges".
#Airbus temporarily stops manufacturing in #China https://t.co/RXZwIKYah3
- aeroTELEGRAPH (@aeroTELEGRAPH) February 5, 2020Update from 04.02.2020, 8.45 p.m .: A holiday plane from Canada has reversed halfway with 243 passengers on board. Because: A passenger had incorrectly claimed that he was infected with the corona virus. The flight to Jamaica was diverted to Toronto.
Update from February 4th, 2020, 8:04 pm: A disabled youth is said to have died in China. The reason: his father, who suffered from the coronavirus, was in quarantine and could not take care of his son. Several media reports. The 16-year-old is said to have suffered from cerebral palsy. After the death, the party leader and mayor of Huajiahe village near Hongan in central China were dismissed from their posts.
Over 400 people in China died of coronavirus
Update from February 4th, 2020, 5:06 pm: The corona virus has claimed 425 fatalities in China so far. This is reported by the Chinese health authority. This means that more people have died of lung disease in the Asian country than of the Sars pandemic 17 years ago.
Update from 03.02.2020, 2:59 p.m .: There are currently no confirmed cases of the corona virus in Lower Saxony . In other German states (Bavaria and Hesse), 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.
The number of fatalities from the corona virus is increasing - especially China is affected
According to a message from the Beijing Health Commission 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 from China: University Medical Center Göttingen 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.
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- Frankfurter Allgemeine (@faznet) February 7, 2020Update 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 from China: 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 coronavirus from China 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.
Coronavirus in Göttingen: four new suspected cases of university medicine https://t.co/2e0gu82mhf # Göttingen #hna
- HNA Göttingen (@HNA_Goettingen) January 30, 2020Lower Saxony is preparing for the corona virus from China
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.
Corona virus from China in Göttingen and Lower Saxony
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.
Suspected cases of the corona virus from China in Lower Saxony
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.
Don't panic: German companies are reacting to the corona virus
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.
- ZDF Lower Saxony (@ZDFhannover) January 29, 2020Update from January 28, 2020, 9:27 pm: While the all-clear at the University Medical Center in Göttingen (UMG) gave the all-clear 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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Corona virus from China in Lower Saxony?
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.
Corona virus from China also in Germany - nine suspected cases
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 from China in Lower Saxony: samples are checked
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 from China in the University Medical Center Göttingen in Lower Saxony
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 takes place in the emergency room via a so-called infection protection room, which is specially set up for the admission of 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.
Corona virus from China suspected in Lower Saxony
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 from China: 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 from China 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 from China in Lower Saxony: One person lies in isolation at Uni-Klinik Göttingen
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 from China: 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 from China differ from a 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 from China 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 from China: How to protect yourself from infection
Meanwhile, Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt Airport, is 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.
Because of their Asian appearance, three young people from Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region are suspected of having the virus. Three affected people tell of their experiences.
By Andreas Arens, Jan Wendt and Daniela Deeg with dpa
* fr.de and hna.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network.