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Elementary school closed due to corona virus? Confused conspiracy theory causes excitement

2020-02-18T11:33:12.118Z


A school in Rosenheim was closed for two days. Reason: In some classes half of all students were sick. Rumors quickly spread: is it the corona virus?


A school in Rosenheim was closed for two days. Reason: In some classes half of all students were sick. Rumors quickly spread: is it the corona virus?

  • A primary school was closed in Rosenheim last week.
  • The reason was many illnesses.
  • Rumors quickly arose: Is this the corona virus?

Rosenheim - Because half of all students in some classes were sick, the Astrid Lindgren primary school in Rosenheim decided to stay closed on Thursday and Friday last week. So the disease wave should be interrupted, said headmistress Inge Thaler on Thursday (February 13).

Rosenheim primary school closed: Coronavirus as a reason?

As the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) reports, there were rumors on the Internet and on social media that the school had closed due to the corona virus . Relationships to the case of the Siegsdorf family infected with the coronavirus were also established. The family of five has now been released from the hospital in good health. (Merkur.de *)

The district office in Rosenheim speaks of the rumors of a conspiracy theory . There was no evidence or suspicion of the coronavirus in any case, and no relationships according to Siegsdorf. The press spokesman Michael Fischer emphasized to the BR.

Elementary school in Rosenheim closed: flu and gastrointestinal problems

260 students had flu , other gastrointestinal problems . "But children with a fever also come to school," complained Thaler last week. "This morning there was a student at the door who coughed up his soul," she said on Thursday. That was irresponsible from the parents. The school was disinfected just last week. Meanwhile, school operations continue to run normally.

A gastrointestinal virus also paralyzed everyday life at a middle school in Naila (Hof district). The number of sufferers was unusually high. (Merkur.de *)

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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Source: merkur

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