DThe corona virus continues to spread in Germany: a 25-year-old became infected in Baden-Württemberg, and shortly thereafter North Rhine-Westphalia reported the first case. The authorities are now discussing how to proceed. Talks are planned to assess the situation, a spokesman from NRW told the German Press Agency early Wednesday morning.
Who are the patients and how are they?
The condition of the coronavirus patient in North Rhine-Westphalia is still critical. On Monday, the man with symptoms of severe pneumonia was admitted to a hospital in Erkelenz in the Heinsberg district near Aachen and isolated in the intensive care unit. On Wednesday night he was brought to the University Hospital in Düsseldorf. According to dpa information, the patient is in his mid-40s and has a previous medical condition.
According to the Heinsberg district administrator Stephan Pusch, the man had contact with an acquaintance who had been in China recently on business. The “Aachener Zeitung” reported. At first, Pusch could not say whether this man had also received treatment.
The husband’s wife, who was also treated with symptoms of a viral disease, was still a suspected case – a result was not yet available.
According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the second new case in Baden-Württemberg is a man from the district of Göppingen, who was probably infected in Milan. In Italy, the number of cases had skyrocketed recently. The first cases in Germany had occurred in Bavaria weeks ago.
At the patient Baden-Wurttemberg According to the state health ministry on Tuesday, it is a 25-year-old from the district of Göppingen. He probably got infected during a trip to Italy in Milan. After his return, the patient was ill with flu-like symptoms and contacted the local health department. He should be isolated and treated in isolation in a clinic on Tuesday evening.
A total of 16 coronavirus infections had previously been detected in Germany, most of these patients have now been discharged from the hospital. 14 of the cases occurred in Bavaria on. The other two cases were China returneesthat had been flown out by the federal government. They were treated at the university clinic in Frankfurt am Main and released in mid-February.
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