USA want to help with financial injection

Fighting the corona virus

The number of people infected with the coronavirus continues to increase every day. Germany is also affected. In the video we give an overview of the chronology 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.

8:00 p.m .: USA want to help with financial injection

According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the United States is ready to provide $ 100 million in aid to China and other affected countries.

7:00 p.m .: 12th person in Bavaria infected with corona

Twelve corona infected people in Bavaria: A spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health announced in Munich that another coronavirus case had been confirmed. There are currently a total of twelve confirmed coronavirus cases in Bavaria.

The twelfth case is the wife of a man whose positive findings were announced last week and who is currently being treated in the Munich Clinic Schwabing. The man is an employee of the company from the district of Starnberg, where most of the previously known cases are also employed. The woman is medically monitored and is isolated in the Munich Clinic Schwabing.

4:45 p.m .: Auto industry stalls because of Corona

The automotive industry is increasingly feeling the consequences of the virus outbreak in China. Fiat Chrysler is the first European car manufacturer to be prepared for the fact that a stagnant supply of parts from the People’s Republic could affect production in a plant in Europe in two to four weeks.

The largest Japanese automaker Toyota announced on Friday that production in all of its Chinese factories would cease until February 16. Because of the virus outbreak, other manufacturers have also extended the usual factory holidays for the Chinese New Year.

Suzuki is considering sourcing vehicle components outside of China as the spread of the coronavirus threatens production in its largest market in India. Suzuki does not build or sell cars in the People’s Republic, but purchases components from there for its plants in India.

Industry experts assume that production in China can only start up slowly after the extended plant holidays. It was unclear whether all the workers needed would then appear. Many are afraid to return to their jobs and possibly become infected there. For some automakers, workers return in three phases, depending on where they were on vacation and who they met with.

1:15 p.m .: WHO warns of a shortage of protective clothing and masks

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), masks, protective clothing and gloves are becoming scarce in the fight against coronavirus. There could be a chronic shortage of protective equipment, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The number of new infections could rise again. “There have been fewer infections in China in the past two days, which is good news. But we warn against reading too much in there.”

10:50 a.m .: Housing of other Chinese returnees unclear

At least 26 further returnees from China are expected in Frankfurt on Sunday. It is unclear where they are housed. One thing seems certain: they will not be brought to the southern Palatinate barracks in Germersheim. That said Fritz Brechtel, district administrator of the district of Germersheim, the dpa. The Germans who have already been returned are housed in the barracks in the Palatinate and are in quarantine.

10:12 am: Pangolin could be a corona host, according to the Chinese University

In the search for the origin of the novel corona virus, Chinese scientists believe they are on the right track with pangolin. The mammoth could be an intermediate host in the contagion chain, the South China Agricultural University summarizes its findings. The recent discovery will be of great importance to prevent the virus from spreading, the university said. The animals covered with horn scales are traded illegally. Their meat is considered a specialty in Asia.

7:45 a.m .: China starts investigations into the case of the deceased whistleblower doctor

The Chinese government has launched an official investigation into the death of Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, who warned early about the outbreak of the novel corona virus. With the approval of the party’s central committee, the state oversight commission sent an investigation team to Wuhan, the agency said on Friday. The death of the 34-year-old ophthalmologist, who had died of the lung disease on Thursday evening, had sparked great sympathy across the country.

7:20 am: China’s head of state calls Trump

China’s head of state and party Xi Jinping sees the fight against the spread of the novel corona virus in a “decisive phase”. In a phone call to US President Donald Trump on Friday, Xi Jinping explicitly referred to the World Health Organization (WHO), which warned other countries of overreactions, according to state media. He hoped that the US, too, was “calm” about the situation, and that its measures would “appropriately” meet and adjust in response. The President was obviously referring to the US entry ban issued a week ago for Chinese and foreigners who were previously in China – with the exception of relatives of US citizens.

7:01 am: Coronavirus or flu?

At the moment, not only is the fear of the corona virus high – it is also flu time. So far, 42 people have died from influenza in the 2019/2020 flu season.

Fever, respiratory problems, fatigue, cough – the symptoms in both diseases are the same. We have summarized here how you can distinguish the corona virus from normal flu.

05:19 a.m .: More than 30,000 virus cases in China

The number of deaths from the new type of lung disease in China rose again by 73. There are already 636 deaths. According to the Beijing Health Commission, the number of people infected in China rose again by more than 3,000 within a day to more than 31,000 nationwide.

5:09 a.m .: Dozens of other cases on cruise ship in Japan

A further 41 cases of the new corona virus have been identified on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Health announced. This increases the number of infected people on board the ship to 61. Those affected would be taken to hospitals. None of the eight Germans are still infected, as the German embassy in Tokyo announced.

The total of 2,666 passengers, about half of them Japanese, and 1,045 crew members are said to remain on board until February 19, as the investigations continue on the pathogen.

Here is a chronology of events related to the dangerous corona virus.