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Status: 02.03.2020 3:02 p.m.
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In Lower Saxony, there is only a confirmed coronavirus infection. However, the epidemic is having an impact on planned trips by school classes.
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There is a new suspected corona virus in Barsinghausen in the Hanover region. As the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung“(HAZ) reports that a ski instructor may have been infected with the virus during a free time in Austria. Traveling students and teachers from the Lisa Tetzner School should stay at home for the time being, writes the newspaper.

As a precaution, students and teachers should stay at home

In the Goslar district, too, eleven students and two teachers from the Pestalozzi school were recommended to stay at home until mid-March after a school trip in South Tyrol because of a possible infection with the corona virus. That reports NDR 1 Lower Saxony. This is a pure precautionary measure against the virus. The procedure was coordinated with the school management, said the district of Goslar. South Tyrol is not yet a risk area, but an infection risk cannot be completely ruled out.

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School trip to Italy postponed

The coronavirus epidemic is also influencing planned school trips to schools in Lower Saxony. A Papenburg grammar school has postponed a trip to Rome with 1,000 participants planned for March. The Artland Gymnasium in Quakenbrück has not yet decided whether students will go to Italy. The state school authority recommends that you keep an eye on the travel information provided by the Federal Foreign Office: Schools are advised to adapt their travel plans to current events and to check whether the tour operator cannot offer alternative dates to other regions, said a spokeswoman. The Federal Foreign Office has not yet issued a travel warning for Italy. Lower Saxony’s Minister of Culture Grant Hendrik Tonne (SPD) sees things similarly.

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Memorial event on the tip

Meanwhile, a planned event on the 75th anniversary of the end of the war is on the brink in Emlichheim (Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim). The reason is the first coronavirus case in the neighboring Dutch community of Coevorden. According to Emlichheim’s mayor of the municipality of Daniela Kösters (independent), this depends on whether other coronavirus cases occur in Coevorden.

No other suspected coronavirus cases have been confirmed

Meanwhile, after the first coronavirus case in Lower Saxony, further suspected cases, among others in the Heidekreis, not confirmed On Sunday, the responsible authorities in Hanover informed that a 68-year-old man from Uetze (Hanover region) was probably infected on a trip to northern Italy. That is why 34 bus travelers from Saxony are now being tested. This was announced by the district administration of the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains on Monday. The fellow passengers sat on the return journey from South Tyrol with the 68-year-old infected on the bus.

Lufthansa cancels flights

The increasing number of infections in northern Germany is also having an impact on air traffic. Lufthansa and its subsidiaries are significantly reducing their offerings on the routes to Italy and Asia due to the coronavirus epidemic. In addition, the frequencies on domestic German connections from Frankfurt to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Paderborn as well as from Munich to Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bremen and Hanover will be reduced, the Dax group announced on Monday in Frankfurt.

Hannover Messe: No cancellation, no postponement planned

While the International Tourism Exchange (ITB) in Berlin has meanwhile been canceled due to the risk of infection, no similar plans have been planned for the Hannover Messe. According to the organizers, the industrial show is to take place from April 20 to 24 as planned.

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01.03.2020 7.30 p.m.

All-clear in Uetze: None of the other people who were tested for the coronavirus confirmed their suspicions. Schools and day care centers reopen on Tuesday.
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Corona slows down school trips | NDR.de – News – Lower Saxony

As a precaution, students and teachers should stay at home