DThe corona virus continues to spread in Germany: a 25-year-old has become infected in Baden-Württemberg, and two cases have been confirmed in North Rhine-Westphalia. A soldier is tested as a contact person for a possible infection. The investigation is ongoing at the Bundeswehr central hospital in Koblenz, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. According to dpa information, the soldier had contact with the patient at a carnival event.
Who are the patients and how are they?
The state of the first coronavirus patient in North Rhine-Westphalia is 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.
Now NRW has a second confirmed coronavirus case – it is the 46-year-old wife. She is a kindergarten teacher, says the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann. Both patients were in the University Hospital Düsseldorf. The two have two school-age children who currently have no symptoms, as NRW Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) said in Düsseldorf on Wednesday.
According to district administrator Stephan Pusch (CDU), the infected had an “infinite number of contacts” with other people in the past 10 to 14 days. According to the NRW Minister of Health, Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), they were – already contagious – still taking part in social life during the carnival season. Pusch said in Düsseldorf on Wednesday that it was now a matter of “breaking the chains of infection”.
The man was treated in the Cologne university clinic last week. After the health department was informed on Tuesday evening that the man had been diagnosed with the coronavirus, it was determined who came into contact with the patient. Ten employees of the university clinic and 31 patients were identified.
An employee of the university clinic showed symptoms of the disease. The result of the corona virus test is still pending, said Florian Klein, director of virology at Cologne University Hospital on Wednesday. She is isolated in the university clinic and is being examined. The woman came to the clinic on her own initiative and said that she did not feel well.
According to Pusch, the sick man from NRW 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.
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. He is in a stable condition
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 returnees, that had been flown out by the federal government. They were treated at the university clinic in Frankfurt am Main and released in mid-February.
What measures are being taken?
“The responsible authorities are now working intensively on the cases to prevent the spread of the corona virus as much as possible,” said Laumann. It cannot be ruled out that there may be other cases in the country. “But our healthcare system is well prepared and prepared for such diseases.”
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