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of and deaths from the new corona virus is increasing faster and faster. The Federal Foreign Office does not recommend traveling to China.
- The coronavirus out Wuhan reached Germany, infected four people in Bavaria.
- WHO explained international emergency
- German are to be brought back from Wuhan.
Update from Friday, January 31st, 2020, 6.40am: The Federal Foreign Office advises against traveling to China because of the rapid spread of lung disease. Germans should refrain from traveling to China. “If possible, postpone trips to China that are not necessary,” says the Federal Foreign Office’s new travel advice. We explicitly warn against visiting the severely affected Hubei province.
Even more clearly, the US government called on its citizens to stop traveling to China. Americans in China should also consider leaving the country. The US travel advice for China has been raised to the highest of four warning levels: “Do not travel.”
Infections and deaths saw the biggest increase in one day until Friday. The number of patients with the novel coronavirus rose to 9692 around 1981, as reported by the Health Commission in Beijing. The number of deaths rose by 42 to 213.
Coronavirus: WHO announces international emergency – another infected person in Bavaria
Update from Friday, January 31st, 2020, 00:36: In GOttingen there are four new suspected cases of that coronavirus, Those who may be infected with the coronavirus are in the University Medical Center GOttingen (UMG), “We have four suspected cases (hna.de *), the patients are being cared for,” said UMG spokesman Stefan Weller when asked by our editorial team. The patients who could possibly have been infected with the disease from Wuhan would have had contact with people China had.
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 10:49 pm:In Bavaria has another person with the novel coronavirus infected from China. As with the other four German cases, it is an employee of the automotive supplier based in Starnberg Webasto, shared the Bavarian Ministry of Health in the evening with. The newly infected live in District of Traunstein, A total of around 110 people were identified who could be considered as close contacts for the sick and who were still being tested.
Further test results are expected to be available on Friday. In addition, the Bavarian health authorities continue to look for suspected cases in the private environment of those infected. The Bavarian Ministry of Health says it will provide details on Friday.
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 8.47pm: The World Health Organization (WHO) has after the rapid increase in infections with the novel coronavirusin China a “international health emergency ” called out. This is linked to specific recommendations to states in order to limit spread across borders as far as possible.
The decision was not a “vote of no confidence” against China. The “biggest concern” is that that virus to countries with less well-equipped health systems, said WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after one emergency meeting in front of journalists in Geneva.
Despite the emergency, the WHO sees “no reason” for travel and trade restrictions with China, the WHO director continued. “The WHO does not recommend any restrictions, but even rejects them.”
Corona virus: Breathe deeply on cruise ship
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 8:32 pm:Take a deep breath on board the “Costa Smeralda“: Thousands of passengers were on the Cruise shipstuck in Italy for hours on suspicion of corona. A tourist from the Chinese Macao Special Administrative Region had previously complained of fever and breathing problems. She and her husband were isolated and checked for the virus. More than 6600 people – including 5023 holidaymakers, according to the shipping company – were not allowed to leave the ship in the port in Civitavecchia. The all-clear came only in the evening: the tests on the two passengers were negative, said that Ministry of Health in Rome with. Passengers are now allowed to go ashore.
Coronavirus handling comment: Racism does not make you immune *
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 6.47pm: In the recall campaign, which the Federal Republic plans for German citizens in Wuhan, which is particularly plagued by the coronavirus, may only fly passengers who asymptomatic are. If you want to be flown from Wuhan by plane, you have to be in Germany for two weeks quarantinesaid Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU). According to previous estimates, around 90 Germans are affected. The plane of the armed forces should in Frankfurt land. The return flight was initially planned for Saturday. But that wasn’t certain on Thursday either. Where exactly the passengers will be accommodated after the landing will still be agreed, said Spahn.
Coronavirus in Wuhan: Doctors accompany the return flight
Doctors were already there during the flight, said Rene Gottschalk, head of the Frankfurt Health Office. After landing, they would be “screened” on board before disembarking: they would be interviewed. “If someone complains about symptoms, we will take them out and drive straight to the university clinic,” said Gottschalk. There is an isolation station for possible coronavirus patients. All other passengers would be taken to a so-called medical assessment center: a hall at the airport that would be converted into a temporary health center for such cases. The passengers would then be taken to a quarantine facility under the direction of the federal government.
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 4.15pm:The coronavirus– Suspected on the Cruise ship in Italy has not been confirmed, as reported by the Italian news agency “Ansa”. This would have shown medical examinations.
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 4.10pm:The World Health Organization (WHO) again on Thursday about the possible proclamation of the international health emergency due to the coronavirusto advise. In the past week, she had refrained from calling the global health emergency.
She could do this now. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said before the meeting “deep regret” that his organization had not rated global virus exposure as “high” last week. It was due to “human error” in the WHO reports that the committee classified the threat as “moderate”, Tedros said. The head of the WHO emergency programs, Michael Ryan, emphasized that “the whole world be on alert“.
Quarantine in Bavaria – Air France cancels flights to China due to corona virus
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 3:50 pm:The French airline Air France deletes because of the new coronavirus all flights to and from China, The scheduled flights will be suspended until February 9, Air France announced on Thursday. “As of Friday, January 31, Air France will operate special flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing with volunteer crew members to enable customers and employees to return safely,” it said.
Update from Thursday, January 30, 2020, 2:33 p.m .:After four people from the Bavarian automotive supplier Webasto with the coronavirus have infected 90 people in Bavaria placed under domestic quarantine, as reported by “picture”. 40 of them are employees of Webasto, 50 other people come from the area. According to the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), they are all to be tested for the corona virus. Throat swabs were already taken on Wednesday, first results are expected on Thursday.
Those affected have been asked not to leave the house or apartment. The criterion for exclusion was who was in contact with the infected for more than 15 minutes or who came closer than two meters to them. The 90 people are required to measure fever regularly. In addition, the health department made control calls to see whether the people were really at home. However, they cannot be forced to do so.
Because of corona virus: BMW closes plants in Shenyang
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 1:57 pm:BMW has closed its three plants in the city of Shenyang due to the spread of the corona virus in China. The week-long New Year holidays have now been extended by another week until February 9, a company spokesman said in Munich on Thursday. Only the office workers started working again next Monday, but from home. Shenyang is the world’s largest location for the car manufacturer: around 18,000 employees manufacture half a million cars and engines there every year. How it will continue from February 10 is still open, said the spokesman.
Coronavirus: suspected ship on Italy – vaccine only in 3 months
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 12:38 pm:Thousands of passengers on board one Cruise ship sit in the port of the Italian city Civitavecchia firmly. The reason: suspected case coronavirus! As the news agency “Ansa” reported on Thursday, there are said to be a total of around 7,000 people on board the “Costa Smeralda”. A tourist from the Chinese Macao Special Administrative Region had symptoms such as fever and breathing problems, as a spokesman for the shipping company confirmed. According to the media, she and her husband had arrived at the airport in Milan on January 25. The woman was given medical care and isolation on the ship. The results of a virus test were expected in the afternoon that her husband did not have a fever. The local authorities ordered that the passengers were initially not allowed to go ashore.
Meanwhile, the renowned Chinese epidemiologist Li Lanjun also stressed in an interview published on Thursday by the news agency “Xinhua” that a vaccineagainst the corona virus at the earliest in three monthsto be expected.
Russia seals off border with China because of corona virus
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 12.06pm:Russia locks because of the novel coronavirus its border with China. It runs mainly in the far east of Russia. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the closure on Thursday, the state news agency “Tass” reported. Details should be given later. “So far, not a single case of this dangerous disease has been registered in Russia,” said the new prime minister at a government meeting. “But we have to do everything we can to protect our population.” Border crossings in the far east of the country had already been closed to pedestrians and cars. Russia had recently checked and additionally interviewed travelers with temperature measurements at the 4,200 km long border with China.
Coronavirus in Germany: vaccine in three months at the earliest
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 11:39 am:The coronavirus spreads further. The authorities in Germany take the situation very seriously. There are many suspected cases, four have so far been confirmed. They all took part in further training at the automotive supplier Webasto in Bavaria. The dangerous thing about the corona virus: It is new and therefore still unknown to medicine.
Minister of Health said Jens Spahn (CDU) at “Bild”: “The most important thing is to learn more about the virus. How does it spread, how does it develop, what vaccines can be developed. German companies are also involved. But it can three to five months last until one vaccine is developed. “
Coronavirus: Germans are stuck in Wuhan – return campaign postponed
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 10.46am:About 90 German sit in (still) Wuhan firmly. Patience is the order of the day because: The planned return campaign by the Air Force has been postponed by 48 hours. Actually, the machine should have started on Wednesday, according to the “Bild” the Airbus A310 should take off for China at 12.45 p.m. on Friday. Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) emphasized to “Bild”: “We want our fellow countrymen to fly back from Wuhan. We want to make it possible as soon as possible. “
The plane would then probably be in on Saturday evening Frankfurt land. Once there, the passengers are to be housed together in isolation to prevent a possible chain of infection from the coronavirus to interrupt.
In the meantime, the World Athletics Association has canceled the World Athletics Championships in Nanjing. The coronavirus outbreak is at a “worrying level”.
Update from Thursday, January 30th, 2020, 6:00 a.m .:The number of infections and fatalities from the lung disease China has risen again. According to the Chinese health authority on Thursday, the total number of deaths rose by 38 to 170.
Coronavirus: infections detected across China
The number of confirmed sufferers rose to 7,711 cases in China. After Tibet also the first illness with the new one coronavirus infections have now been found in all regions and provinces of China. The first cases occurred in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December.
France also reported another infection. The fifth illness in the country is the daughter of the 80-year-old tourist from China, who is also ill, said the French Ministry of Health. The condition of the 80-year-old is serious, the man will continue to be treated in a Paris hospital. In addition, the condition of another infected about 30-year-old who has been treated since the end of last week has deteriorated. Around 50 coronavirus infections outside of China are currently confirmed.
Corona virus: Bundeswehr brings Germans out of Wuhan
Exactly when a Bundeswehr plane takes off German out Wuhan fetching was still unclear on Thursday. So far, no infections or suspected cases have been identified among the approximately 90 Germans and relatives who are in the region around the city of Wuhan. The Bundeswehr aircraft is said to be in Frankfurt land. There, the passengers should first be put in quarantine. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, a decision was made in coordination with the Hessian authorities to house returnees centrally during the 14-day incubation period.
Coronavirus: 100 people from Wuhan land in Frankfurt
Update from Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, 6.55pm:Because of the spread of the corona virus, around 100 Germans are re-born Frankfurt flown. There they are “under quarantine conditions“Housed. Berlin decided that way, said State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs Anne Janz on Wednesday in Frankfurt. The authorities assumed that they were people who were not ill – at least until they got started. doctoraccompany the travelers out Wuhan,
Meanwhile, criticism of governance is growing in China. The social media in particular are suspicious of official reports, as reported by fr.de *.
Upon arrival, the passengers would be examined, then “centrally looked after and cared for”. Specifically, this means that they are housed “under quarantine conditions” because of a possible risk of infection *. Where exactly, that is not certain yet. Details would still be clarified with Berlin, said Janz. It is likely that the landing will take place on Thursday.
Update from Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, 5.15pm:The suspected case of coronavirus in a Lufthansa aircraft on Wednesday has not been confirmed, according to “Focus”. On the flight LH780 from Frankfurt, which landed in Nanjing, there was a man who was classified as a risk case by the Chinese authorities. Meanwhile, Lufthansa has canceled all flights to and from China for the time being.
Lufthansa is canceling all flights to China due to the corona virus
Update from Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, 16:28:The Lufthansa cancels their flights to and from China. Europe’s largest airline with its daughters follows in view of the novel coronavirus its competitor British Airways and other airlines, such as the company on Wednesday in Frankfurt confirmed. “Bild” had previously reported.
The Lufthansa crews are to be brought back from China. The measure also includes the subsidiaries Swiss and Austrian and should initially apply until February 9. Hong Kong will continue to be served as planned.
Update from Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, 3:50 pm:Apparently she is deleting Lufthansa due to the coronavirus all flights to China. At least that is what “Bild” reports. Accordingly, the precautionary measure should initially apply until February 9th. Hong Kong is not affected. Lufthansa itself has not yet commented on the rumors.
Corona virus suspected in Lufthansa aircraft from Frankfurt – crew turns back
Update from Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, 2:43 pm:On board one Lufthansa-Machine has one coronavirus– Suspected case. The company confirmed in flight LH780 from Frankfurt that landed in Nanjing on Wednesday morning that the Chinese authorities classified it as a risk case Frankfurt, The Chinese are said to have coughed and in town two weeks earlier Wuhan in which the novel corona virus was first noticed. It was initially unclear whether he was actually infected. The website “Aerotelegraph” had previously reported
outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland
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