First case of German 2019-nCov infection was human-to-human in Germany

[Jonathan Fillion]

@niman Start of a cluster ?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/28/germany-confirms-first-human-coronavirus-transmission-in-europe

The first human-to-human transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus in Europe has been reported in Germany, where a man was infected by a colleague who had been in China, fuelling anxieties about the potential ease of international spread.

 

Chinese woman who originally had the virus apparently had no symptoms when she transmitted it to her colleague

 

Woman, gave a training session on 21 January at the office of the car parts supplier Webasto in Stockdorf in Bavaria.

The man who had attended the session tested positive for the virus on Monday evening. He remains in hospital in an isolation ward, but Zapf said he “was doing well”.

 Woman started to feel sick on the flight home on January 23

The Chinese woman sought medical attention when she returned from China and was found to have the virus. She is said to have recently visited her parents in Wuhan.

Edited January 28, 2020 by Jonathan Fillion