The ministry stated that “those who dealt closely with the patients will be placed in quarantine at home, and will be contacted on a daily basis to find out their condition, and as soon as symptoms of the disease appear on anyone who dealt with him, he will also be isolated in the hospital.”

She added that the patient, who lives in the state, entered the hospital suffering from symptoms of acute pneumonia, and he is in a serious and isolated case in the intensive care unit.
And continued: “The patient’s wife, who suffers from symptoms of a viral disease, is being treated, and her condition is currently stable, and it has not been confirmed whether she is also infected with the virus.”

The ministry indicated that schools and kindergartens in the state’s Heinsberg region will remain closed.


The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it is not currently considering closing its borders with Italy, after the latter witnessed an increase in the number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus to more than two hundred cases during the weekend.

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