With four new ones Evidence in Saxony-Anhalt are now all federal states in Germany from the corona virus affected. It is a 42 year old and a 39 year old from the Borde district, a 36-year-old from the Salzland district and a 20 year old Hall. The responsible health authorities would now identify contact persons and set specific measures.
The Robert Koch Institute will be on Tuesday classify all of Italy as a risk area, as RKI boss Lothar Wieler announces. In Germany, the risk to the health of the population as a whole is still considered moderate, but it is higher in the particularly affected district of Heinsberg. The situation is serious. Wieler calls on all mayors, district administrators, doctors and hospitals to adjust their crisis plans. The structures would have to be changed so that more people with severe Covid-19 illnesses could be treated in hospitals.
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The Bundesliga catch-up game Borussia Mönchengladbach against 1. FC Köln takes place on Wednesday evening due to the corona virus under Exclusion from the public instead of. This is the decision of the city of Mönchengladbach, which thus follows the guidelines of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
On Monday they were first two confirmed deaths became known in Germany because of the corona virus. It was about one person in the district of Heinsberg and one in Essen, announced the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Health.
According to district administrator Stephan Pusch, the fatality from the Heinsberg district is a 78-year-old man from Gangelt. He reported to a hospital in Geilenkirchen last Friday and died of heart failure on Monday at 2 p.m. The man said when he arrived at the hospital that he had been feeling bad for several days. The man had previous illnesses such as heart problems and diabetes. He had previously attended a carnival session – although it is still unclear which it was, said Pusch.
In Essen, an 89-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the virus at the university hospital last Tuesday died, the Ministry of Health said. The patient’s general condition was already severely limited at the time of admission. The patient’s health deteriorated further, and around noon she died of pneumonia as a result of the infection with the coronavirus.
It was announced on Sunday that for the first time a German died of the new corona virus is. It is a 60 year old Hamburg fireman who traveled to Egypt a week ago. This was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Health. It is also the first known death related to Covid-19 in Africa.
The Bavarian government decided on Monday events ban with more than 1000 guests. This measure should initially valid until Good Friday, April 10th, but it can be extended in time. This affects not only numerous football games, but also spring festivals and the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.
The number of proven Corona infections in this country rose sharply at the beginning of the week. If the Robert Koch Institute reported 902 cases on Sunday at 3 p.m., there were already 1112 cases on Monday morning. According to the RKI, there are currently 1218 cases. Especially in the densely populated countries of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, many sick people were added. There are now infected people in all federal states. The imageNewspaper also reportsthat a doctor in the state was also infected with the virus. Because of a case in Brandenburg, up to 5000 people were placed in quarantine at home.
RKI President Lothar Wieler and Health Minister Spahn (CDU) at a joint press conference in Berlin called Cancel events with more than 1000 participants.
Because of the corona virus threatens Play soccer a staging in the coming days before empty ranks, at least when it comes to the health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU). His country would implement Spahn’s recommendation. “If we now say very clearly that we no longer want to allow events (with) more than 1000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, this is a recommendation from the State Minister for Health to the lower health authorities.” These would have to decide. But he was sure that there was now a uniform implementation. “In truth, it’s like an order.”
In North Rhine-Westphalia will be the same in the coming days two major Bundesliga derbies on. On Wednesday Borussia Mönchengladbach welcomes 1. FC Köln for the catch-up game, on Saturday the revier derby between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 takes place. More than 50,000 or even more than 80,000 spectators are expected to attend the games.
“We would love to play with spectators the next matchday, but unfortunately that is not realistic,” said DFL managing director Christian Seifert on Monday image live, but ruled out a complete cancellation of the upcoming match day. “We decided that the match day is purely sporting. With how many spectators and whether without, that’s a decision that the authorities have to make,” said the 50-year-old. A break in the Bundesliga, however, is “illusory” and brings nothing.
The situation in the federal states
The virus has now spread to all 16 federal states.
- North Rhine-Westphalia has been hardest hit so far. The Ministry of Health lists 524 cases for NRW. Most corona diseases are reported from the Heinsberg district. 15 people are treated in hospital there.
- In Bavaria there are 256 cases according to the RKI; Follow current developments in detail in our News blog from the Free State.
- In Baden-Wuerttemberg the Ministry of Social Affairs reports 234 cases.
- According to the RKI, other federal states have fewer cases: Berlin (48), Lower Saxony (38), Hesse (26), Rhineland-Palatinate (19), Hamburg (17), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (10), Schleswig-Holstein (9), Bremen (4), Saxony (12), Saarland (6), Brandenburg (6), Saxony-Anhalt (4), Thuringia (2)
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As of: March 10th, 2020, 8:42 am; Figures from Robert Koch Institute or the competent authorities of the individual federal states.
“Drive-in” test stations for corona virus
In Hessen and Baden-Württemberg there are first stations where people can have a sample taken from their car. “Then you just sit in the car and crank the window down,” says Esslingen’s head of the district office, Peter Keck. However, a prerequisite is a phone call to the family doctor. This assigns a code. Doctors and helpers in protective clothing take a smear for the test directly on the car. Until the result is there, those affected must remain in quarantine at home. Severe cases with intensive symptoms such as shortness of breath should continue to be referred to a clinic by the family doctor.
Current situation assessment by the RKI
The RKI says that it has not yet been possible to say when the peak of the spread will be reached. “We want to delay him as long as possible,” said RKI President Lothar Wieler. More corona diseases are expected to be reported in the coming days and weeks.
Despite the increased number of cases, the institute evaluates the Health threat still considered “moderate”. Since most known cases are related to a stay in a risk area or there is a local cluster of cases, the RKI virologists recommend a containment strategy (Containment). It provides precautionary home isolation for anyone who has had contact with an infected person. This lasts for 14 days, which is the maximum duration of the incubation period.
According to the RKI, therapeutic agents will soon be available to treat infected people. “We are optimistic that such drugs will be used in Germany in the next few weeks,” said Wieler. However, the use of a vaccine will not be possible as quickly. The first vaccines would probably be developed in a few months, but these would first have to be extensively tested before they are made available to patients.
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