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The eagle-eyed newshounds at FluTrackers this afternoon have picked up several German news stories indicating that a hospital there is treating another novel coronavirus case.
The FT thread with these stories (hat tips to Curiosity & Alert) may be accessed here.
(Note: FluTrackers has been the subject of repeated DOS – Denial of Service – attacks in recent weeks and has been intermittently down this afternoon.
In the meantime, the hospital in Munich has just posted the following announcement (h/t RoRo at FT).
Press release
Coronavirus in patients diagnosed
(25/03/2013) In a house the Municipal Hospital Munich GmbH is currently a patient treated, wherein the 23 March an infection has been diagnosed with the corona virus. The Patient came specially to transport to a medical intensive care in a specialized care Munich. The disease was the Department of Health and Environment on the same Days reported. Of the Arab region dating and living there is in man Hospital in strict isolation in a single room in the ICU treated. For Population was never a danger of contagion.
Worldwide, according to the current Knowledge, only 16 cases of coronavirus (novel human Betacoronavirus2c EMC/2012) occurred, while in Germany it is the second became known infection. In both cases, These it is imported cases of disease.
For the first time the virus was in June 2012 at a man from Saudi Arabia demonstrated.
Coronaviruses cause respiratory infections in Respiratory to mammals and also in birds, ie, it is the primary or flu-like symptoms. According to current knowledge, from a very small Infectivity of human assumed to person. According to present knowledge goes The disease associated with pneumonia and can be transferred to other organs.
Especially in debilitated patients or people with pre-existing conditions one can severe course take. The contact persons and relatives of the patients are in Munich advised and monitored medically.
Perhaps the most detailed media report (machine translated) is available at TZ-Online :
50 Munich under observation
Eerie Death virus in Schwabing Clinic
Munich - In the Schwabing isolation ward doctors fight for the life of an Arab, who is ill with dangerous coronavirus. 50 Munich, who had contact with him are now being observed.
The virus appears not to be extremely contagious - but it is extremely deadly: Worldwide only 16 infections with the new coronavirus are known, nine patients died. Now a man in Munich is in danger! Health officials monitor about 50 people in the city, which had to do with the patient. For the population have no risk of infection existed.
The story goes on to provide details on this case; a 73 year old man from the UAE who was treated at a hospital in Abu Dhabi last Tuesday, and was transferred by air ambulance to Germany last week.
On Saturday, lab results reportedly confirmed NCoV, after which the patient was placed in isolation, and contact tracking was begun on up to 50 people.
A second report, this time from Abendzeitung-muenchen.de,
Munich
Coronavirus killer virus in Munich: patient in hospital
Julia Lenders, 25.03.2013 17:32 clockHospital in the city infected is treated, has the dangerous Coronavirus - this is only the second time in Germany.
Munich - It's brand new. And highly dangerous. Last year, the "Human coronavirus Beta 2c EMC/2012" was first identified. It can cause severe human respiratory infection, pneumonia, and kidney failure. Existing diseases ran hard and often fatal.
Now Munich Municipal Hospital, a patient is treated, in which recent infection with the coronavirus been diagnosed. In Germany, it is only the second reported case.
Once confirmed by the World Health Organization, this will become the 17th lab confirmed novel coronavirus case in the past year, and the second announced in the past 3 days.
