nCoV Onward Transmission in Germany - Cluster Grows To Four

[Jonathan Fillion]

Three more people in southern Germany have contracted the coronavirus and they are employees at the same company where a man became the first person in Germany to become infected with the virus

The 33-year-old man apparently contracted the virus on Jan. 21 during a training session with a Chinese colleague, the ministry said. The three additional patients were being monitored in isolation at a clinic in Munich.

“A total of around 40 employees at the company have been identified as potential close contacts (with their Chinese colleague). As a precaution, the people concerned are to be tested on Wednesday,”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany-infections/three-more-people-in-germany-infected-with-coronavirus-state-ministry-idUSKBN1ZR2O1

Edited January 28, 2020 by niman

[niman]

Ministry of Health confirms

three more coronavirus cases in Bavaria

They are apparently related to the first case: the coronavirus has been detected in three other people in Bavaria. 40 more colleagues are to be tested on Wednesday.

In Bavaria , three other people have been infected with the novel corona virus. They were related to the first confirmed case of the new lung disease in Germany, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Munich. The three newly infected patients are also employees of the Webasto company from the district of Starnberg, where the first person affected is employed.

"It was decided that the three new patients should also be admitted to the Munich Klinik Schwabing and medically monitored and isolated there," the ministry said. "A few other contact persons are currently testing whether they are also infected with the corona virus."

The Bavarian Ministry of Health and the State Office for Health and Food Safety want to report on details in a press release on Wednesday. A spokesman initially did not provide any further information in the evening.

Infection during training

The man , who was first infected in Germany, had been infected on January 21 during a training event with a Chinese colleague. The woman reportedly flew back to China on January 23. On January 27, the company informed the health department of the Chinese woman's illness.

 

Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml ( CSU ) said according to the message: "A total of around 40 employees of the company were identified who could be considered as close contacts. Those affected should be tested on Wednesday as a precaution."

The novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV can trigger a lung disease from which more than 100 people have already died in the main spreading country China - most of them were elderly patients with serious previous illnesses. The total number of diseases known worldwide has now risen to more than 4,500; in China at least 106 people died of the lung disease.

The first coronavirus patient had tested positive for the virus on Monday - by then he had gone back to work. "He is doing very well, yesterday morning he was still working," said LGL President Andreas Zapf. "He is fever-free and currently has no respiratory symptoms," added the treating chief physician Clemens Wendtner from the Schwabing Clinic. The man is in an isolation room, there is no danger for other patients.

Nurseries are also under surveillance

According to LGL, the people who had contact with the Chinese and the first sick German Webasto employee are under surveillance and are called upon not to leave their homes. The 33-year-old patient is a father, his child goes to a crèche in the Landsberg am Lech district, according to the Ministry of Health. This is now also under observation, said LGL President Zapf. At first nothing was known about the marital status of the three other patients. The head of the Infectiology Task Force, Martin Hoch, emphasized: "The number can still increase."

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/coronavirus-drei-weitere-faelle-in-bayern-bestaetigt-a-99fbe5d4-0e47-464e-a75e-362481fad33a

[niman]

• Press release

 

• 01/28/2020
• No. 12 / GP
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Three more coronavirus cases in Bavaria - connection with the first case - Bavaria's Minister of Health Huml: around 40 people should be tested on Wednesday as a precaution

The Bavarian Ministry of Health was informed on Tuesday evening that three other people in Bavaria had been infected with the novel corona virus. These patients are also employees of the company from the district of Starnberg, where the first person affected is already employed. This man had apparently contracted a Chinese colleague during a training session on January 21. This colleague flew back to China on January 23. On January 27, the company informed the health department of the Chinese woman's illness.

It was decided that the three new patients should also be admitted to the Munich Clinic Schwabing, where they would be medically monitored and isolated. A few other contact persons are currently testing whether they are infected with the corona virus. The Bavarian Ministry of Health and the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) will report on details in a press release on Wednesday.

Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml emphasized on Tuesday evening in Munich: "A total of around 40 employees of the company were identified who could be considered as close contacts. Those affected should be tested on Wednesday as a precautionary measure. They will also be examined by the LGL's 'Task Force Infectiology' questioned in detail. "

https://www.stmgp.bayern.de/presse/drei-weitere-coronavirus-faelle-in-bayern-zusammenhang-mit-dem-ersten-fall-bayerns/

[niman]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German car parts supplier Webasto [WEBA.UL] on Tuesday said a second employee had become infected with the coronavirus following the visit of another employee, from China, to the company’s headquarters in Stockdorf, Bavaria.

“The auto supplier Webasto confirms that the person infected with the Coronavirus is from Starnberg and an employee at the company headquarters in Stockdorf,” Webasto said.

Webasto on Monday had said a Chinese employee from Shanghai had tested positive for the virus upon his return to China following his visit to the company headquarters.

The company, which has 11 locations in China, including in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, has banned travel to and from China for the next fortnight.

Reporting by Jörn Poltz, Writing by Edward Taylor; Editing by Riham Alkousaa

Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-webasto/german-auto-supplier-webasto-says-two-employees-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZR0WY

[niman]

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