Two people died in Germany in connection with the coronavirus.
- The number of Sars-CoV-2 infected in Germany continues to rise
- Now the first deaths in NRW have been reported in the course of the corona virus
- One of the victims is an 89-year-old woman from Essen
Update at 7:04 p.m .: Because of the coronavirus infection, 15 people are being hospitalized in the particularly affected district of Heinsberg, including no children or adolescents. Older people with previous illnesses are particularly affected, said Heinsberg district administrator Stephan Pusch at a press conference on Monday evening.
Five of the patients would be treated in the intensive care unit. The wife of a seriously ill man from Gangelt is doing better, he is still in a critical condition. A total of 323 infections had been detected in the district by evening.
Coronavirus in NRW: District Administrator describes details of a death - "Hysteria is more dangerous than illness"
Update at 18:31: The district administrator from Heinsberg, Stephan Pusch, has meanwhile commented on the first death victim. The man is said to have died of heart failure at 2 p.m. on Monday. The 78-year-old suffered from a pre-existing illness, he already had a heart condition and suffered from diabetes.
The deceased reported to the hospital last Friday because he had the symptoms such as "diarrhea, fever and cough, and he was also at a carnival event where there were many infected people," Pusch reported at the press conference.
The district administrator warned above all of the hysteria. "The question is not what do we do with the crisis - but what does crisis do with us?" Says Pusch: "This hysteria is based on irrational fears. And that is much more dangerous for our regulated life than what you really have on the ground with real dangers. "
Coronavirus stronghold NRW: deaths reported - first details of a victim known
Essen - In Germany, two people died for the first time after illnesses with the new corona virus (Sars-CoV-2) *. One victim is an 89-year-old woman from Essen who has been treated in the university clinic there since the beginning of March.
The woman died of pneumonia that she had received as a result of the coronavirus infection . The city of Essen announced on Monday. In the evening there will be more information from the district administrator Heinsberg about the other death victim. A firefighter from Hamburg in Egypt had already died of the corona virus on Sunday.
Coronavirus stronghold NRW: Two deaths reported - first details of a victim known
The first confirmed case in North Rhine-Westphalia was announced on February 25. Then the virus spread further. It was first proven in a 47-year-old man from Gangelt in the Heinsberg district and his 46-year-old wife. Both were transferred to the University Hospital Düsseldorf. The man was now in a very serious condition.
Most recently, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in NRW on Monday (as of 10:00 a.m.) was 515. That was 31 more than the previous day, according to information from the NRW Ministry of Health.
The closure of entire metropolises such as Milan and Venice shows how controversial the situation is now. But German politics does not come from hibernation *.
The number of infections with the new Sars-CoV-2 has increased dramatically in Germany within a few days. Health Minister Jens Spahn advises against traveling to NRW and also hopes to play ghost games in the Bundesliga this weekend. At the same time, the Tagesschau raises a piquant question: do private hospitals not accept people infected with corona?
Without hysteria or glossing over the #Corona virus, there is only one sensible measure for the Bundesliga: #Geisterspiele in the next few weeks. It's hard to see, but there is a lot rolling in on the health care system and any mitigation of the wave is important.
- black and blue (@black and blue) March 9, 2020Many people are worried. More and more cases of the mysterious corona virus are becoming known worldwide - including in Germany. But what are the symptoms of the lung disease? *
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