British Corona mutation in Germany - Two new cases known: Man got infected on business trip

The new corona mutation B1.1.7 from Great Britain has also been detected in Germany.

It has probably been rampant for some time.

Two new cases become known on New Year's Eve.

• The new

  corona mutation from Great Britain

  is said to be even more contagious.

• The variant has probably been rampant in

  Germany

  since November

  .

  (see first report)

• On

  New Year's Eve

  , the

  Baden-Württemberg health department

  speaks

  of two new cases.

  (see update from December 31, 3:18 p.m.)

Update from December 31, 3:18 p.m.:

The

British mutation of the

corona virus has appeared

again

in Germany.

Two new cases are known to the health department in Baden-Württemberg, as the dpa in Stuttgart learned.

A couple from the

Ortenau district is

affected

.

On Wednesday, the woman tested positive for the new virus variant.

It seems clear that she got infected from her partner.

He fell ill after returning from a business trip to the UK.

Since the woman

had already

tested positive for Corona

before Christmas

, the close contacts had already been released from

quarantine

.

The health authorities have now arranged

for the

close contacts to be tested again in

order to minimize the risk of spread

.

Corona mutation was in Germany as early as November

First report from December 29th, 10:42 am:

Hanover - Because of the new

coronavirus variant B1.1.7 *

from Great Britain, the borders were closed before Christmas and air traffic stopped.

But that is probably too late for this corona mutation.

Virus variant

B1.1.7 has been in Germany since at least November.

Researchers at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) were able to determine the coronavirus variant.

The health department announced on Monday in Hanover (Lower Saxony).

At first, scientists assumed that the new virus variant had

only

been brought to Germany

by a

woman shortly before Christmas

.

It is now known that

the British virus variant was in the country

much earlier

.

The

corona mutations

could be detected in

samples from

two

cases of

infection

from

November

.

The samples come from a very old Covid patient who has since died and

his wife

.

The reference laboratory of the

Berlin Charité

at top virologist Christian Drosten confirmed the result.

The results were communicated between the virology department of the MHH and the Charité on December 23 and have now been announced, reports the NDR.

The patient's daughter was infected with Corona in Great Britain

According to the ministry,

the patient's

daughter was

in

England

in

mid-November

and probably infected there.

The daughter and wife of the deceased have now recovered.

According to the findings of the health department of the Hanover region, there were no further infections in connection with these cases.

The new

virus variant

is now responsible for a

large part of the infections in the south of England

and is probably particularly contagious.

Will the corona vaccine also work against the new mutation?

Experts assume.

However, they are hoping for data soon to actually prove that.

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