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Corona: is Munich the breeding ground for the virus? Austrian Chancellor Kurz surprises with theory on ARD

2020-04-25T11:23:33.850Z


In the Political Talk Maischberger on the ARD, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz expressed the thesis that the corona virus could have its origin in Munich.


In the Political Talk Maischberger on the ARD, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz expressed the thesis that the corona virus could have its origin in Munich.

  • It is still unclear where the corona virus * originated in Europe.
  • In the ARD -Talkshow Maischberger is Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Corona Super Spreader Ischgl addressed.
  • The Austrian head of government then expresses a steep Munich theory.

Munich / Ischgl / Vienna - Where and how did the Coronavirus * first arrive in Europe? Or does it come from a European country? Questions over questions for which there are currently no verified answers.

Maischberger: Sebastian Kurz reacts thin-skinned to the corona question about Ischgl

In the ARD Political Talk Maischberger , Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) * has now brought Munich *  into play as a possible source of the corona pandemic * .

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Polarizing statements at Maischberger: Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP).

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And of all after moderator Sandra Maischberger asked him about possible mistakes in the Tyrolean winter sports and party mecca Ischgl , where the response was too late.

"Thousands of Germans were infected in Ischgl," said Maischberger to an ARD audience of millions  , "when the après-ski bars were still open for two weeks , even though there were Corona cases ." 

She asked the only 33-year-old head of government from Vienna whether "greed over health" had won.

Origin of the corona pandemic in Europe: Sebastian Kurz refers to Munich

“I have a little bit of a hard time with this Blame Game, which takes place in part. No matter where you go, you can hear a different story everywhere, ”the ÖVP politician said confidently as usual:“ I heard from some in Italy that 'the Chinese brought us in'. If you ask in Ischgl, they say: 'Madness, that was the Italian tourist who brought us that'. And in Germany there are some who say, 'I got infected while skiing in Austria or Switzerland'. ”

Finally, his piquant reference to the Bavarian capital followed. 

"There are now studies that the virus should have spread from Munich to Europe. I just don't know if it's true, ”he said, saying,“ I don't blame anyone there ( in Munich , ed. ) Because it's a global pandemic. Almost all countries in the world are affected. "

Corona stove Munich? Sebastian Kurz probably refers to US theory

Kurz's thesis from the Munich virus focus presumably refers to the American virus geneticist Trevor Bedford from Seattle, who, according to SZ , had recently claimed that the origin was probably in Bavaria .

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Austria's Chancellor: Sebastian Kurz.

© dpa / Helmut Fohringer

Austria's Chancellor then followed up with a small tip. "I can only claim that we reacted much faster than most other European countries," he said: "We also did a lockdown earlier than in Germany ." 

How will these statements in Berlin be received by the Federal Government and in the Bavarian State Chancellery in Munich  by Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) ?

So far, the federal and state governments have been able to rely on enormous support from the population. However, the acceptance of strict corona virus measures is slowly waning. This is the result of a new Ifratest dimap survey.

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* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

In China, however, there is new knowledge about the spread of the corona virus: air conditioning systems have been able to promote the infection.

An SPD health expert warned Markus Lanz of a catastrophe: he considers a corona thing to be "completely wrong".

List of rubric lists: © dpa / Helmut Fohringer

Source: merkur

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