Corona in Germany: A district became a "superspreader" - virologist Streeck expresses suspicion

When the corona virus spread in Germany, one district in particular had to struggle with the spread.

Now the cause seems to have been found.

• At the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus spread rapidly, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia.

• The reason was a carnival meeting in the Heinsberg district.

• Virologist Hendrik Streeck now expresses a suspicion.

Cologne - When the

* made

in the global media for the first time in

, nobody had suspected the

damage that the

rapidly growing pandemic *

would do

in the

.

A

in Germany emerged as a

just weeks later

, and in the

district, a

large number of people became infected unusually quickly.

Corona in Germany: Heinsberg district had a particular struggle - that could be the reason

The

investigating exactly this

for months

, in the

he now explained how the fatal chain reaction could have come about.

What became apparent shortly after the increasing number of infections in Heinsberg: The

must

have found its origin

in a

.

Around 2,000 people are said to have been

infected

with the

virus

in the

district

, 300 people alone in the audience of the

at the end of February.

Another 150 people from the circle of artists and staff.

But how did the

spread so quickly

at the

session?

Virologist

reports in the

that a possible cause for the rapid spread of the aerosols is probably the ventilation systems.

“We see a connection to the

.

So anyone who sat closer to a supply air system was more likely to be infected than someone who sat near the exhaust air system, ”explains Streeck.

Around 44 percent of those present would most likely have been

infected

with the

*

for this reason

.

Corona in Germany: District of Heinsberg first "Superspreader Event" in Germany

The virologist makes it clear that the carnival meeting in

the "very first

in Germany" for

this reason

.

With the rapid spread and the subsequent hundreds of infected people, it should be regarded as one of the origins of the

in Germany.

It is not uncommon for an infection with the

* to lead to a severe course of the disease.

German researchers are now reporting a new worrying observation.

For a long time, Sweden was considered the absolute winner of the

, as the country made it through time without a lockdown.

But now it is clear: The corona virus has done more in Sweden than previously thought.