Live ticker for the corona virus – 1,600 company employees in Pfronten (Ostallgäu) have to stay at home

Fighting the corona virus

For experts, the corona virus is unstoppable worldwide. More and more countries are affected. And the number of unreported cases should be large. The number of detected coronavirus infections is increasing in Germany. In the video you can find out how it all started and with the RTL.de live ticker you always stay up to date.

Expert Dr. Specht answers the most important questions about the corona virus here.

8:22 am – Two schools in Büren (district of Paderborn) closed

Two schools in Büren in the Paderborn district have been closed on suspicion of being infected with the Corona virus. A high school in the city center and a primary school in the Harth district should be closed on Monday and Tuesday, as a spokeswoman for the Paderborn district announced on Monday night. It concerns the elementary school Harth and the Liebfrauen-Gymnasium Büren.

In a Büren family, the suspicion of the disease caused by the new coronavirus Covid-19 arose on Sunday evening. So far, however, none of the family members show symptoms. The two schools were closed as a precautionary measure until it was clarified whether an infection actually existed. No further details were known at first.

8:00 am – Two firefighters infected in Cologne

In Cologne, two firefighters were infected with the corona virus. A test has confirmed this. Both men were in contact with the district of Heinsberg, where most people are infected. Now 21 contacts from the fire station in Cologne have to remain in quarantine for 14 days.

7:45 a.m. – That’s true, that’s wrong: Myths and rumors about the corona virus

Since the outbreak of the virus infection, not only has the infectious disease spread rapidly, but also numerous fake news and rumors about the disease. The World Health Organization speaks of an “infodemic” and has been clarifying misconceptions on its website for several weeks. On Twitter and Facebook in particular, up to 95 percent of the articles on the subject of the corona virus should contain false information.

Here we explain what is true and what is not.

7:40 a.m. – cruise operator broke

Japanese cruise operator Luminous Cruise has filed for bankruptcy. “Since February 1, we have had many cancellations in connection with the corona virus. Simply to continue would have led to high losses for our creditors,” says the website, which also announced bankruptcy and the suspension of cruises. The insolvency of the cruise operator is one of the first to be attributed to the outbreak. Economists warn of further consequences of falling tourist numbers. The outbreak, particularly on the “Diamond Princess”, has impacted the $ 46 billion cruise industry worldwide, which is dominated by Carnival, Royal Caribbean Cruises and the Norwegian Cruise Line.

07:35 – resentment increases: More than 100 Germans are still in quarantine on Tenerife

More than 100 Germans are still not allowed to leave their hotel in Tenerife. In the meantime, a fifth hotel guest has been infected with the virus. It is a participant in an Italian tour group. Great Britain wants to pick up its vacationers from the hotel. This obviously causes trouble among the German guests. There are still no evacuation plans for them.

07:22 – 1,600 employees of the company in Pfronten (Ostallgäu) have to stay at home

After an employee became ill due to the novel corona virus, around 1,600 colleagues from DMG Mori had to stay at home on Monday. The mechanical engineering group, in coordination with the authorities, had decided that all employees at the Pfronten site should not appear at their place of work until Tuesday at least.

The health department of the district of Ostallgäu now wants to find out which other DMG Mori employees had close contact with the sick 36-year-old. These colleagues will then be tested on Tuesday. According to the district authority, the 36-year-old man has no severe symptoms. He was probably infected on a trip.

07:15 a.m. – 130 infected people in Germany / first case also in Berlin

Here is the current overview of developments in Germany: In Berlin there is the first confirmed case. The person is isolated in hospital. The search for the contact persons is now underway.

There are a total of 130 confirmed cases in Germany. In the meantime, 10 federal states have been affected.

07:06 – Italy reports 1,694 infected and 34 dead: the view of Europe

More and more people are becoming infected in Italy. There are currently 1,694 cases reported. Unfortunately, 34 people have already died from the corona virus. What is the current situation in Europe?
Germany: 130 infected / no fatalities
France: 130 infected / 2 dead
Spain: 84 infected / no fatalities
Switzerland: 27 infected / no fatalities
Austria: 14 infected / no fatalities
Netherlands: 10 infected / no fatalities
Greece: 7 infected / no fatalities
Denmark: 4 infected / no fatalities
Czechia: 3 infected / no fatalities
Belgium: 2 infected / no fatalities
Poland: – no cases known –

06.55 a.m. – Almost 90,000 infected: Here are the current figures

Good Morning. In China, the numbers continue to rise only slightly. However, no weakening is discernible worldwide. Here are the current numbers: 89,072 people have contracted the corona virus worldwide. 3044 are supposed to died his.

9:33 pm: Robert Koch Institute offers information and behavioral tips

The Robert Koch Institute provides information on an overview page on the spread of the corona virus in Germany, gives tips on behavior and answers the most important questions. From Monday morning we will keep you up to date in the live ticker.

7:45 pm: That’s why quarantine is less bad for those affected than it sounds – in the video

There are cases of coronavirus in all western German states – except Saarland. Hundreds of people are in quarantine at home because of contact with infected people. RTL reporter Elke Büchter explains why quarantine sounds worse than it is for those affected. In addition, the RTL Aktuell colleagues summarize the situation in Germany in the video – and explain how easy it is to destroy the SARS-CoV-2 viruses.

6:31 p.m .: 34 coronavirus deaths and almost 1,700 Sars CoV-2 infected in Italy

The number of coronavirus deaths in Italy has risen to 34. This was announced by civil protection chief Angelo Borrelli in Rome on Sunday. That is five more than the previous day. According to his information, 1,694 people are now infected with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen. Of these, 83 have already recovered.

Despite the continued sharp rise in numbers, the first regions want to reopen their schools that were closed due to the coronavirus crisis on Monday. Eleven municipalities in Lombardy and Veneto have been closed for around a week. Italy is the country most severely affected by Covid-19 lung disease in Europe.

5:21 pm: Louvre stays closed because employees are afraid of coronavirus

The Louvre in Paris was closed on Sunday because employees had stopped working because of concerns about the coronavirus epidemic. Despite the discussions with the employees about the preventive measures ordered by the Louvre, the museum could not open, said the press office. There will be further talks on Monday. The art museum was visited by 9.6 million people in 2019.

“There is no reason to be afraid,” says virologist Christian Drosten in the RTL interview. Read his assessment here.

3:45 p.m .: Heinsberg district creates sampling point

The district of Heinsberg, which is most severely affected by the coronavirus in Germany, wants to counteract bottlenecks in medical care. In the community of Gangelt with around 12,000 inhabitants, several medical practices were closed due to the quarantine measures, the rest of them were very busy, the district said. To support general practitioner care, a central contact point for sampling will be set up with the German Red Cross from Monday.

The video explains why District Administrator Stephan Pusch in the Heinsberg district expects an increase in the number of infections – and how the citizens there deal with the spread of coronavirus.

2:56 p.m .: Four new cases in Bavaria – Company closes location for 1,600 employees

Four new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Bavaria on Sunday. As the Bavarian Ministry of Health announced, there are two further cases from Upper Bavaria and one case each from Middle Franconia and from the Allgäu.

One of the cases involves an employee of DMG Mori in Pfronten. The company informed the employees that on Monday and Tuesday all subsidiaries of the machine manufacturer at the location in Ostallgäu will be closed.

Around 1,600 employees are affected, said company spokesman Stephan Knüttel. These had already been informed and instructed by the board of the stock corporation on Saturday evening to stay at home. “The employee concerned is on the mend,” said Knüttel.

1:27 p.m .: New case in quarantine hotel in Tenerife

In the hotel, which has been quarantined on Tuesday in Tenerife, another guest has been confirmed to have an infection with the novel corona virus. The health authorities of the Canary Islands said on Saturday evening that the number of infected people on the Spanish holiday island had risen to five. In Spain as a whole, the number of people infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus had risen to over 70 by Sunday lunchtime, said Fernando Simón, head of the Authority for Health Emergencies (CCAES).

12:24 p.m .: Italy plans billion euro program for the economy

The Italian government is planning an aid package for the economy additionally impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in the amount of EUR 3.6 billion. Minister of Economics Roberto Gualtieri said this amount in an interview with “La Repubblica” on Sunday. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addressed Rome’s wish in the newspaper “Il Fatto Quotidiano” that the heavily indebted country wanted to increase the deficit ratio for the state budget. That was coordinated with the European Union, he was quoted in agencies.

12:05 p.m .: Two Germans among the new coronavirus infections in Austria

In Austria, two German tourists have tested positive for the new Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2. The two only suffered from a mild form of the new lung disease, a spokesman for the Vienna Minister of Health said on Sunday. The couple had previously been to a carnival event in Germany and had contact with an infected person there. It was treated in a Vienna hospital, but was then allowed back to the hotel. There it is isolated so as not to endanger other guests. A total of four new cases of infection in Austria were announced on Sunday, the affected people are in good condition, it said. At noon the number in Austria was 14.

11:40: 117 coronavirus evidence in Germany

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), 117 coronavirus infections had been detected in Germany by Sunday morning. As of Friday, there were only 53 records. According to the current list, there are now 66 cases in North Rhine-Westphalia alone, 19 in Bavaria and 15 in Baden-Württemberg. The actual number of cases is likely to be slightly higher because of new evidence.

According to a dpa evaluation in Rhineland-Palatinate, there are now three cases instead of two as reported by the RKI. No cases of infection with the Sars-CoV-2 have been reported in Saarland and the eastern states, including Berlin. According to the RKI, there are 85,207 cases worldwide, the majority of them in China. Most cases outside of China are found in South Korea with 2,931 infections.

10:19 a.m .: First coronavirus disease in Luxembourg

The novel corona virus has now reached the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Sars-CoV-2 virus was confirmed in a 40-year-old man, Health Minister Paulette Lenert said on Saturday evening in Luxembourg. The man had been in Italy and had returned by plane to Charleroi (Belgium) earlier this week to Luxembourg. He is fine. “We are now in the process of investigating who the person was in contact with,” said Lenert. The man reported after symptoms of lung disease Covid-19 and is now in a Luxembourg clinic. There is no reason to panic, said Lenert.

9:10 am: Four more coronavirus cases confirmed in Hessen

The new corona virus has reached Frankfurt am Main. In Hessen, four further infections were confirmed late on Saturday evening, as the Ministry of Social Affairs in Wiesbaden announced on its website. Three men from the main metropolis and one woman from the district of Groß-Gerau are affected. This increases the number of confirmed Sars-CoV-2 cases in Hessen to eight.

8:05 a.m .: Quarantine for hundreds in the district of Heinsberg ended

For several hundred residents in the Heinsberg district, domestic quarantine due to the corona virus ended on Sunday. Around 300 carnivalists who had attended a meeting in Gangelt on February 15 and their families had been called for the precautionary measures. Since Sunday, those who do not show any symptoms of the disease have been able to move again without restrictions, a district spokesman said in the morning.

The 47-year-old, who is considered to be the first infected in NRW and is still in serious health, had attended the carnival session. The estimated 600 to 700 residents could now participate normally in public life again, said the spokesman.

7:10 a.m .: Athens reports further coronavirus cases

The Greek health authorities confirmed three further infections with the novel coronavirus on Sunday. The number of infected people in Greece rose to seven. None of the sick are in mortal danger, the state broadcaster reported, citing the Ministry of Health in Athens.

5:00 a.m .: Spahn: Four out of five coronavirus infections are mild or even completely symptom-free

More coronavirus cases were confirmed in numerous federal states on Saturday. Infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen have now occurred in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Rhineland-Palatinate. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) again emphasized that, according to current knowledge, four out of five coronavirus infections were mild or even completely symptom-free. However, the greater the number of infections, the higher the likelihood of severe courses, pneumonia or death, said Spahn.

For all of Germany, the Robert Koch Institute counted 66 detected infections by Saturday morning. A number of additional cases were registered in several federal states during the day.

3:30 a.m .: First Australian died of lung disease Covid-19

In Australia, a person infected with the novel corona virus died for the first time. The 78-year-old from Perth died on Sunday morning, the health authorities in the state of Western Australia said. The man had previously been with his wife on the quarantined cruise ship “Diamond Princess” off the coast of Japan and had then been able to leave for Australia. The two counted a total of 160 people who had been brought to Australia by the ship. After the man and woman returned to their home from a two-week quarantine period in Darwin, they both tested positive for the lung disease.

03:00: South Korea with 376 new infections

South Korea’s health authorities have again reported a sharp increase in the number of cases of the new coronavirus in the country. Over the night of Sunday, 376 other people were identified who had contracted the causative agent of the lung disease Covid-19. So far, 3,526 people have been tested positive for the virus – more than anywhere else outside of China. So far, 17 deaths have been linked to the virus in South Korea.

02:00 a.m .: Another 35 dead and 573 infections in China

In China, another 35 people have died from Covid-19 lung disease. As the Beijing Health Commission announced on Sunday, almost all deaths and new illnesses were registered in the particularly severely affected and largely sealed-off province of Hubei. There were 34 deaths and 570 new illnesses. Another death and three new infections occurred in the rest of the country. So far, 2,870 people in China have fallen victim to the novel corona virus. The total number of infections in mainland China was almost 80,000, of which around half, according to official information, has already been cured.

00:01: Seehofer: Isolation of cities as a “last resort”

Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer does not expect the fight against the novel corona virus to end quickly. “I expect that we will have a vaccine available at the turn of the year,” he told “Bild am Sonntag”. Until then, the virus had to be “combated with the classic means of epidemic protection. We have to consistently interrupt the infection chains.” The blocking of regions or cities did not rule out Seehofer completely. “This scenario would be the last resort,” said the CSU politician.

You can read about the events from February 25th to 29th here.