The Bavarian Ministry of Health has announced yet another positive 2019-nCoV finding - the 7th locally acquired case reported in the past 3 days - all apparently part of a chain of infection initiated by an asymptomatic Chinese business person who had visited Germany between Jan. 19 and 22 and fell ill upon returning to China (see NEJM Letter Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany).
Six of the 7 cases have been employees of the same firm, while the last reported case was the child of one of the infected employees.While details are scant, there will be an update in the morning.
Current information on the corona virus situation in Bavaria - Bavarian Ministry of Health: A new case in the Fürstenfeldbruck district confirmed
The Bavarian Ministry of Health informed a third time late Friday evening about the current development of the new corona virus in Bavaria. A ministry spokesman said in Munich that, according to the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), another coronavirus case in Bavaria had been confirmed. It is a man who lives in the Fürstenfeldbruck district. He is an employee of the company from the district of Starnberg, where the five first known coronavirus cases are employed.
There are currently seven known coronavirus cases in Bavaria (as of 7:30 p.m.). The sixth case had been confirmed on Friday afternoon. It is a child of the man from the district of Traunstein, the positive finding of which was published late Thursday evening.
This man is also an employee of the company from the district of Starnberg. A test campaign for employees had taken place there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Of the 128 results currently available, 127 were negative. The positive finding comes from the man in the Fürstenfeldbruck district - details will be given to the media on Saturday.
