The corona virus continues to spread. There are also new cases in Bavaria – some schools had to be closed temporarily.
- The Corona virus* continues to spread.
- Also in Bavaria getting more and more Infected detected.
- Dozens student have to stay at home as a precaution.
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Update from 6:21 pm: Bavaria is taking action in the corona crisis and wants to ban all events with more than 1,000 participants. Games of all major football clubs must then be played without an audience. According to information from our editorial team, the cabinet wants to decide on Tuesday morning. The ban is initially valid for four weeks, i.e. until shortly before Easter. So far, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) has only asked for cancellations.
“We will ban events with over 1000 guests over the next four weeks. This also applies to the Bundesliga games, ”said the free voters after a meeting of the coalition committee in the evening in the State Chancellery. There should be a catalog of criteria among 999 participants, according to which the organizers can decide on cancellations themselves. For the time being, nothing will change for the schools. According to information from the state government, no comprehensive school closure is planned in Bavaria.
The most drastic effects of the political decision are likely to hit the sport – the Bundesliga, but also the Bayern Munich Champions League game against Chelsea on March 18. “Ghost games” had already been feared in the Bundesliga. The managing director of the German Football League, Christian Seifert, said he wanted to “play the next matchday with spectators. Unfortunately, this is not realistic ”.
Coronavirus Bayern: All events with over 1000 visitors are to be canceled by Easter
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The prohibitions are also likely to hit several events in the art and cultural scene in Munich and Nuremberg. The world famous Passion Play in Oberammergau has not yet been affected by a ban – it doesn’t start until well after Easter.
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The next big party congress with over 1000 participants is likely to be the CSU delegate meeting in Bavaria, which is only scheduled for early May in Munich.
“What we do is done to slow the spread of the virus,” said FW MP Fabian Mehring to our editorial team. You want to maintain proportionality and not trigger hysteria. “These are symptoms of a cold, not an incurable apocalypse. So stay calm, wash your hands and don’t panic. ”
Coronavirus Bayern: More and more infected – major event canceled
Update from 4:09 p.m .: The Strong beer festival in Rosenheim is cancelled. This is the result of a press release from Auer Bräu, the Rosenheim24 “At the opening of the strong beer festival, we already indicated that we would continue to maintain close contact with the authorities and that we would react immediately to changing conditions.
That is now the case, of course we follow the recommendations of the city of Rosenheim and the health department and cancel the strong beer festival.
We would like to thank all of our partners, especially our host Andreas Schmidt and his team. He was also closely involved in the decision-making process and carried out the first weekend of the festival excellently. ”
Corona virus in Bavaria threatens the hoped-for recovery of Bavarian industry
Update from 3:17 p.m .: The spread of the corona virus threatens the hoped-for recovery of Bavarian industry. Manufacturing sales fell in January, but order intake rose again slightly, as reported by the State Statistical Office in Fürth on Monday. But that will probably not last.
“The significance of the drop in sales published today in January is out of date, just like the incoming orders, given the spread of the corona virus,” said Bertram Brossardt, the managing director of the Association of the Bavarian Economy. “The negative economic effects have been increasing since mid-February.”
Cancellation due to Corona Virus: Lessons in Virtual Classrooms?
Update from 2.44 p.m .: If schools are closed due to the corona virus, more should be taught in so-called virtual classrooms. According to information from Monday, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture is currently compiling information for school administrators and teachers in order to be able to use digital teaching and learning opportunities as best as possible. The “mebis – Landesmedienzentrum Bayern” program is available to all schools so that they can learn anywhere. Teachers could store teaching materials there, exchange learning tasks and give students feedback.
As of 12.30 p.m., the health authorities ordered 36 schools in Bavaria to be closed, a ministry spokesman said. There are around 6,000 schools in total in the Free State. The fact that lessons are canceled is not a problem: “The curricula give the teachers sufficient time to reach the learning objectives even in the event of occasional lesson failures,” said the spokesman. You can find information on school dropouts in our Ticker.*
Corona virus in Bavaria: two-month trade fair break in the Free State?
Update from 2:04 p.m .: The Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger (Free voters) expects a two-month trade fair break in the Free State. “I assume that there will be no trade fairs in Bavaria by mid-May,” he said according to a tweet from his ministry on Monday. Trade fair organizers and exhibitors needed clarity. The Ministry’s regular round table on business with the corona virus had met on Monday.
Round table with Bavaria’s economy too #Corona. minister @HubertAiwanger: “Especially #FairOrganizers and exhibitors need clarity. I assume that in #Bavaria until the middle of May there will be no more fairs. ” #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/WtMqjpdHxm
– Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs (@BayStMWi) March 9, 2020
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Update from 1:48 p.m .: Schoolchildren who were in a risk area determined by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are encouraged to stay away from class for 14 days after their return. This obviously doesn’t apply to teachers like one Elementary school teacher from Munich reported to tz.de.*
Also read: Dr. Sabine Kurz, a doctor in a group practice in Aying near Munich, is infected with the corona virus. The practice was closed. An interview with the infected.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Czech Republic with controls at the border
Update from 10.40 a.m .: In order to prevent the new type of corona virus from spreading further, the Czech Republic has been carrying out checks on immigrants at the borders Germany and
Austria began. Since Monday morning at 7 a.m., fire fighters have been randomly measuring body temperature at ten selected border crossings. They are supported by the police and customs. Drivers receive a multilingual information sheet. Many trucks are waved through without control, like the newspaper Pravo reported online.
A first driver who was diagnosed with a fever came to the hospital in Budweis (Ceske Budejovice) for further clarification in the morning, as the agency CTK reported.
The measures could lead to backlogs in Bavaria, said Police headquarters in Upper Palatinate With. The Bavarian police would therefore keep an eye on the traffic at the border crossings and intervene as necessary. Checks take place at the following border crossings between the Czech Republic and Bavaria: Rozvadov-Waidhaus, Folmova-Furth im Wald, Zelezna Ruda-Markt Eisenstein, Strazny-Philippsreut and Pomezi nad Ohri-Schirnding. On the border with Saxony there is the Cinovec-Zinnwald crossing, on the border with Austria Dolni Dvoriste-Wullowitz, Mikulov-Drasenhofen, Hate-Kleinhaugsdorf and Breclav-Hohenau.
2020 local elections: Nobody has to stay home because of the corona virus
Update from March 9, 8:30 a.m .: Both Local elections in Bavaria According to experts, because of the Coronavirus infections nobody stays at home or apply for postal voting. An infection with the novel pathogen Sars-CoV-2 as with cold or flu in the voting booth is unlikely, said spokesman for the German Society for Hospital Hygiene DGKH, Peter Walger. “Usually there are no queues in front of the German voting booths.”
However, precautions should be taken here as well as in public life, said the infectiologist. Regular hand washing prevents germs from spreading to the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and becoming infected.
Number of infected people in Bavaria continues to rise: Clinical staff member infected
Update, 11:01 p.m .: In a Rosenheim hospital, an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The woman worked in surgery at the RoMed clinic, the hospital said on Sunday evening. She is in quarantine at home. The patients she treated were isolated. The closer contacts of the employee are also in domestic quarantine.
In addition, as a precaution, general surgical patients were brought to the RoMed clinics in Bad Aibling, Prien am Chiemsee and Wasserburg am Inn. In the other specialist areas, patients would continue to receive regular care.
New corona virus case in Munich: the number of infected people in Bavaria continues to rise
Update, 5.15 p.m .: The number of Corona infections in Bavaria increases. So far, 200 people in the Free State have tested positive. The Ministry of Health said on Sunday with (as of 3 p.m.). The day before, there were 133 infected people. According to the Minister, two of the patients showed up Melanie Huml (CSU) severe course of the disease, one was older, the other patient had previous illnesses.
The ministry also supports the proposal from the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU), according to which events with more than 1000 participants are to be canceled for the time being. “We therefore recommend the organizers and the responsible local authorities to do the same for Bavaria,” said Huml.
The number of coronavirus patients should continue to increase, said Andreas Zapf, President of the BAyerian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), on Sunday in Munich. The focus of the infections is in southern Bavaria, said Zapf. There is no reason for this. But it could be related to people’s travel behavior.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Ministry of Health wants to reduce waiting times
Update 3.35 p.m .: To wait long Corona virus test results the Bavarian Ministry of Health wants to avoid increasing laboratory times. This was announced by Minister Melanie Huml in Munich on Sunday. In cooperation with the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, the telephone hotline with the number 116 117 is to be strengthened so that waiting times can also be reduced there. In the face of strong demand, Huml asked people to be patient if they were put on hold a little longer.
Update 3:07 p.m .: The number of Corona infections in Bavaria increases. So far, 157 people in the Free State have tested positive, like Andreas Zapf, President of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), on Sunday in
Munichannounced (as of 12:00 p.m.). The number should continue to increase, said Zapf in a joint press conference with Health Minister Melanie Huml (CSU). Two of the patients had severe courses of the disease, one was older, the other had previous illnesses.
The focus of the Corona infections is with 100 patients in southern Bavaria, said Zapf. Of the 157 affected, 82 came from Upper Bavaria and 18 from Swabia. There is no reason for this. But it could be related to people’s travel behavior.
The first 14 infected, all with the auto supplier Webasto from Gauting-Stockdorf nearby Munich related, are considered cured.
Update 1:49 pm: The Städtische Wilhelm-Busch-Realschule, the Archbishop’s Maria-Ward-Gymnasium and the Special Education Center Munich-East have to be confirmed Corona infection
remain closed until March 20 to interrupt possible chains of infection. The health department is now determining the contact persons. As a precaution, classes were closed at the municipal Robert Bosch technical college due to a suspected Corona case. As soon as the test result is available, the health department can decide whether it is necessary to close the entire school.
Update from Sunday, February 8, 11:22 am: The Coronavirus has a large bank in Munich* reached. Covid-19 disease was found in a person who works at the company’s headquarters. Also in Erding district* there is a new case. In the district Weilheim-Schongau* an older man is seriously ill with Covid-19. On Saturday evening (March 7th) it became clear that his wife was also infected.
Update from 5.20 p.m .: The number of infections with the novel Corona virus Sars-CoV-2 continues to grow in Bavaria. The Ministry of Health in Munich reported 31 new infections on Saturday (as of 3:00 p.m.).
In Middle Franconia, another case from Nuremberg and a case from the district of Nürnberger Land were reported. There was also another case in Lower Bavaria in the Passau district. There is also an accumulation in Upper Bavaria: there were three more cases from the Ebersberg district reported, another case from the district of Erding, two from the district of Freising, one from the district of Miesbach, four from the district of Munich, two further cases each from the districts of Starnberg and Weilheim-Schongau as well as a case from Ingolstadt Dachau district is now affected*.
Also the Upper Palatinate is affected again: There were two further cases in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach, one case in the district of Cham and one case in Regensburg. Swabia became two cases from the districtDanube Ries, two other cases from the district of Lindau on Lake Constance and one case from Augsburg were reported. There was one case in Upper Franconia in the Hof district and two other cases in Würzburg in Lower Franconia.
Update from March 7, 1:55 p.m .: The Bavarian Ministry of Health tightened the rules schools and Kindergartens. The reason is the wide spread of Sars-CoV-2 in Bavaria and the geographical proximity to South Tyrol. In order to further contain the virus, according to a so-called general will, schoolchildren and kindergarten children are not allowed to go to school or an appropriate care facility for 14 days after returning from risky areas – such as South Tyrol. The Ministry announced this on Saturday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health emphasized that, after weighing up all the circumstances, such a general arrangement was necessary to prevent the spread of Sars-CoV-2 in schools and in childcare. “The order is not limited in time.” If a new risk assessment is made, the order may be revoked.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: disease diagnosed in a school – high school closed
Update from March 6, 6.42 p.m .: To supply shortages as a result of Coronavirus epidemic prevent, Bavaria loosens the Sunday driving ban for trucks. The regulation applies from now until May 30 for trucks over 7.5 tons and only for certain transports, explained Interior Ministers Joachim Herrmann (CSU) on Friday.
The background is that because of the increasing spread of the novel Sars-CoV-2 virus increasingly durable food and hygiene products are bought. With the easing “we want to ensure that the shops can also be supplied as best as possible through goods transport on Sundays and public holidays,” said Herrmann.
The ban on Sundays and public holidays is regulated in the road traffic regulations. It is valid from 0.00 to 22.00 for a large number of goods.
In Germany, Bavaria is the most severely affected, along with the coronavirus stronghold of North Rhine-Westphalia. That is the current situation in Upper Bavaria*.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: The number of infected people continues to rise
Update from 6:04 p.m .: The Bavarian Ministry of Health reported 29 infections with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 on Friday. With eleven new cases in Munich, three from the counties of Ebersberg and Freising and one from the district of Miesbach, most new infections from Upper Bavaria were reported. Five new cases were confirmed in Middle Franconia, including four in Nuremberg; in Lower Franconia there were three cases (all Würzburg), as a spokesman said. There were also two positive tests for Sars-CoV-2 in Swabia and one in Lower Bavaria.
Since February 26th there have been 102 new cases in the Free State. So far, at least 116 people have tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 in Bavaria. The first 14 infected people, all of whom were connected to the automotive supplier Webasto from Gauting-Stockdorf near Munich, are considered to have been cured and have been released from the hospitals.
Update from 3:08 p.m .: While football games are already taking place in Italy in private, no so-called ghost games are yet to be planned in Germany. But how big is the risk of infection in the stadiums and how can fans protect themselves against an infection with the corona virus?
Update from 2:50 p.m .: The crisis team on the novel corona virus in Bavaria recommends that schools only be closed when there is a confirmed case with them Sars-CoV-2 occured. If, on the other hand, there is only a justified suspicion, the class of the pupil concerned should remain at home, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday in Munich. The duration of the measure depends on the specific individual case.
Update from 12:39 p.m .: A candidate for mayor in the Augsburg district has been infected with the corona virus. He is in the middle of the election campaign – and shook numerous hands. (Merkur.de *)
Corona virus in Bavaria: numerous schools remain closed
Update from 7.47 a.m .: The city of Nuremberg wants to be on the safe side and therefore closes two schools in the city on Friday. Two students tested positive for the corona virus on Thursday. You have how nordbayern.de reports, probably infected with her mother, a returning traveler from Piedmont. The Labenwolf-Gymnasium and the elementary school St. Johannis are therefore closed in Nuremberg.
The Christian-Ernst-Gymnasium in Erlangen remains closed today. Two children had attended the gymnasium for a day and then the coronavirus was found. The State Realschule Herzogenaurach will also be closed on Friday as a precaution. In one student there is strong suspicion of being infected with the corona virus. You can find all information about school dropouts here.
The corona virus had first appeared at Webasto in the Bavarian town of Stockdorf – the company boss has now spoken to Markus Lanz on ZDF about the time.
Update from March 6, 7:37 a.m.: The corona virus is also spreading in Munich. Several daycare centers and schools remain closed. A tz editor is also affected. *
Coronavirus excitement reaches district soccer leagues
Update from 3.15 p.m .: The coronavirus excitement has also reached the football district league team VfB Forstinning. The club traveled to training camp in Turkey – without the Italian player Alessandro Luzzi. He was refused entry. The reason is his Italian citizenship, as reported football suburb *.
Update from 3:01 p.m.: For the first time there are cases of coronavirus in all Bavarian administrative regions. A case in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach was reported on Thursday. On this day alone, two dozen new infections with the new virus Sars-CoV-2 were confirmed in the Free State. So there was within a week 66 cases, as the Bavarian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday in Munich.
Also read: Because of the Coronavirus now also has Munich Airport drastic measures taken and thousands of flights canceled. Some countries are particularly affected.
In addition to the case from the Upper Palatinate, three cases from the Central Franconian district were recently added Neustadt / Aisch-Bad Windsheim reported and one case each Nuremberg and the Roth district. In addition, the Upper Bavarian counties Munich and Weilheim-Schongau and the Swabian district of Oberallgäu. There were also three other cases from the Upper Bavarian district Freising reported.
Also read: Because of one with that Coronavirus infected employee a company in Starnberg had to close now. Spicy: The man was recently in charge of youth footballers from Starnberg in Italy.
Corona virus in Bavaria: twelve new cases
Update from 11.15 a.m .: There are twelve new ones in Bavaria Coronavirus cases. This confirmed 54 cases of the new virus Sars-CoV-2 in the Free State within a week, such as the Bavarian one Ministry of Health announced on Thursday in Munich. Four infections were reported from Munich, two from the district Miesbach*, two from the Neu-Ulm district and one case from the Aichach-Friedberg district. In the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, one person was infected with the virus, in Würzburg there are two cases.
So far, a total of 68 people in Bavaria have been positive Sars-CoV-2 been tested. 14 patients who had first tested positive for the virus in the Free State are considered to have recovered and were discharged from the hospitals.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: schools are closed
Update from March 5th, 7.46 a.m.: In Würzburg and Unterhaching* Three other cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Thursday night. Schools were therefore initially closed.
In Unterhaching, a child who attended the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium was demonstrably infected with Sars-CoV-2, said the district office in Munich. The health department and the school management had therefore decided to close the school on Thursday and Friday. All students should therefore stay at home.
In Würzburg, too, two young adults from the Leonhard Frank School tested positive for the corona virus. The classes canceled after coordination with the health department and the government of Lower Franconia on Thursday, said the city of Würzburg. It was initially unclear whether they were both pupils or teachers.
Update from 5:51 p.m .: In the district of Erding there is the first person infected with corona. It is a man from Dorfen. His wife also shows symptoms.
Update from 4.42 p.m .: Numerous major events had to be held because of the Corona virus and the risk of infection can be canceled – even in Bavaria and in Munich.
The state capital and the Allianz Arena are actually considered a venue for the pan-European European Football Championship 2020 intended.
But: Can the European Championship be held with three preliminary round games and an EM quarter-final in Munich because of the corona virus?
The city has now spoken in the person of sports officer Beatrix Zurek (see link). Corona virus suspect is currently also with weather expert Kachelmann. He is under quarantine.
Coronavirus in Passau: Job center branch must be closed
Update from 16:24: The first coronavirus patient in the Passau district is an employee of the Passau Land job center in Vilshofen.
The Passau Land job center is expected to remain closed until March 11, like the Passauer Neue Presse reported. “We are in constant contact with the responsible health authority. All contact persons have been identified and will be tested by the health authority, ”says a press release.
The Rosenheim strong beer festival is not canceled due to the spread of the corona virus. According to the city’s regulatory authority as an infection control agency, there has so far been no legal action for a cancellation, the city said on Wednesday.
A prerequisite for this would be a professional statement from the state health authority Rosenheim, which declares such a refusal to be inevitable for reasons of infection protection. “The Rosenheim health department has not yet declared such a mandatory requirement to the city,” said Herbert Hoch. The state health office in Rosenheim recommended that the city cancel the strong beer festival. The city of Rosenheim will continue to monitor the development of the situation, it said. The Rosenheim strong beer festival is only one of numerous major events that have since been canceled due to the corona virus. Many trade fairs are also affected. The economic consequences of the lung disease will be massive. Some associations and experts have already made grim forecasts.
Corona virus in Bavaria: uvex with a special measure
Update from 4:17 p.m .: The glasses and safety technology manufacturer uvex only indicates his respiratory masks in stock in the fight against the corona virus Hospitals and medical practices from. The company announced on Wednesday at the company’s headquarters in the Franconian town of Fürth. According to a spokesman, there are still tens of thousands left Masks protection classes FFP2 and FFP3.
“Especially in the last few days, the Federal Ministry of Health and numerous medical practitioners have criticized the lack of suitable protective equipment in the medical field and have pointed out the dangers that arise,” said Martin Leusmann, Managing Director of uvex safety group. “We have therefore decided to only hand over the stocks that are still available to medical personnel.”
Uvex normally supplies the in China manufactured masks the industry, where they are used to protect against dust and liquids in occupational safety. The delivery from China has currently broken off, said the company spokesman. However, production has started again.
The demand for respirators has increased enormously in recent weeks due to the spread of the corona virus and far exceeds the storage quantities. For a few weeks now, uvex has only been serving longstanding customers and has already had to cancel many inquiries.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: 20 new infections detected
Update from 4:01 p.m .: The number of confirmed infections with the novel Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 in Bavaria rose significantly on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, the virus has been detected in 20 people. With that are in Bavaria A total of 56 patients tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, compared to 42 new cases since Thursday.
After the craft fair in Bavaria was canceled due to the spread of the corona virus, other major organizers have the situation in view. Landlord Christian Schottenhamel, for example, assumed that the upcoming Paulaner Starkbierfest will take place on the Nockherberg in Munich.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Folk festivals are to take place
The big ones too Folk festivals should take place. “We don’t let the hysteria infect us now,” said the chairman of the South German Showmen’s Association, Lorenz Kalb. The Nuremberg Volksfest is scheduled to start on April 11th. The organizers expect 1.5 to 2 million visitors during the 16 days.
The Swabian Showmen’s Association also sees no reason at the moment Augsburg Plärrer canceled from April 12th to 26th. “Everything is going according to plan at the moment,” said chairman Josef Diebold. According to the organizers, around 500,000 visitors from the region are expected to come to the spring festival.
The situation is similar with Spring Festival in Munich from which the carousels will turn on the Theresienwiese from April 24th. “Basically there are big events, unless there is a special risk assessment,” said city spokesman Stefan Hauf. Before the city makes a final decision, it wants to wait for the Bavarian Ministry of Health’s assessment of how major events are handled.
In response to the Corona outbreak, the showmen want to Nuremberg Increase hygiene on the festival site: So there should be a dispenser with disinfectant in front of every shop. According to Kalb, the association is currently organizing 200 of them.
New cases in Bavaria: Coronavirus continues to spread
Update from 3.49 p.m .: The Bavarian health authorities have confirmed five further cases of the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2. The infections were reported in the districts of Lindau on Lake Constance, Augsburg, Erding and Passau and in Nuremberg, the Ministry of Health in Munich announced on Wednesday. Possible contact persons and connections to previously known cases would be determined. This is the third time the Ministry has reported new cases in the Free State within a day.
Update from 3:32 p.m .: On Wednesday, the city of Nuremberg confirmed two more positive test results for the corona virus, such as nordbayern.de reported. The infected are returning travelers. A man came back from South Tyrol, a woman from the Italian region of Piedmont. Together with her husband and two children, she is under quarantine at home.
Coronavirus: vaccine may not be available until next year
Update from 3:16 p.m .: A vaccine against that Corona virus according to experts, could be available at this time next year. “It is definitely possible to develop a vaccine, but it has to go through the various stages of clinical development,” said the virologist at the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), Nikolaus Ackermann, on Wednesday in Oberschleissheim.
Different from the Influenza must the vaccine be completely redeveloped. All steps from animal testing to use in individuals and larger patient groups are required. This means that the development process takes about a year to obtain approval. The corona virus has been known since the 1960s, there are at least two harmless species. The Sars epidemic in 2003 and 2004 – also caused by such a virus – was limited and short-term.
University institutions are currently researching the development of a vaccine together with the pharmaceutical industry, said the head of the human-virology laboratory at LGL. The LGL itself is not working on a vaccine.
As has now become known, a doctor’s office in Passau district closed. “Due to a proven coronavirus illness of a patient on instructions of the health office – closed – for security reasons” can be read on a sign on the door.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Hundreds of people in quarantine
Update from 2:19 p.m .: Hundreds of people are currently in contact with Bavaria in Corona patients in home quarantine. An exact number cannot be given at the moment, said the president of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), Andreas Zapf, on Wednesday in Oberschleissheim. Because the cases “tumble” – there have been 37 new cases since last Thursday. It remained open how many of the infected people are at home rather than inpatient.
Currently in Bavaria Around 2500 people are tested for the corona virus every day. The test capacity is expected to be further expanded, said Zapf. 160 tests alone are possible at the LGL. There you work “at the stop”.
The exact follow-up of the infection routes and the contact persons of corona patients had successfully slowed down the spread in Bavaria. In the case of the auto supplier Webasto In Stockdorf, quarantine measures, among other things, succeeded in completely breaking off the company’s infection chain, said Zapf. The first corona case in Germany had been identified there. A Chinese colleague infected the man on a working visit in January. Altogether there were 14 corona patients in connection with Webasto, but they are all healthy again.
Corona virus in Bavaria: new cases in the Free State
Update from 12.52 p.m .: There are four other confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 in Bavaria. These include two new ones from the district Munich as well as one case from the city Nuremberg and the district Freising, as announced by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, citing the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Munich on Wednesday. The Ministry had already announced eleven new corona cases on Wednesday morning.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn has meanwhile issued a government statement on coronavirus development in relation to the whole of Germany. And he had no good news.
Update from 11:51 a.m .: Because of the spread of the corona virus, the city’s Rosenheim health office advised that the strong beer festival be canceled. There is a recommendation for the city, but the decision is reserved for the municipal regulatory office, said a spokesman for the district office in Rosenheim. The strong beer festival should start on Friday.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Eleven new cases confirmed
First report from March 4th, 11.33 a.m.
The Corona virus continues to spread. In Bavaria there are eleven new confirmed cases.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Eleven new cases in the Free State
For the first time ever there was a case in the counties Lindau and augsburg demonstrated how the Ministry of Health on Wednesday citing the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Munich announced on Wednesday. There are also six new cases from the Freising district*, two new ones from the Munich district* and a new one from the district Ostallgäu.
The infected person from Lindau is a family man, whose contact persons were put under domestic quarantine as a precaution. Among other things, 59 pupils from two Lindau schools are affected.
Corona virus in Bavaria: new suspected case in Passau
So far are in Bavaria a total of 47 patients tested positive. The disease is already cured in 14 people. In Passau there is currently a new suspected case. A ZF employee may have been infected with the virus, like press spokesman Gernot Hein der PNP confirmed on request.
The employee is employed in the customer service department. His wife was in contact with the coronavirus patient from Vilshofen. As both on Tuesday Cold symptoms had shown, the employee informed the ZF. An emergency team had decided on Tuesday evening (March 3) to close the customer service department as a precaution until the man’s test result is available.
“The safety of our employees is the most important thing for us. That is why we decided on the maximum solution, ”Hein told the PNP the closure. Therefore, 250 employees initially stay at home.
You can read all previous developments on the corona virus in Bavaria here. The situation in Italy after the Corona outbreak remains very serious. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now classified a region as a risk area.
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