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Two days ago we learned of Germany's first locally acquired coronavirus case, which was detected in an automotive company, and linked to contact with a colleague visiting from China. Twelve hours later, the Bavarian Ministry of Health confirmed that three other employees at the same company had tested positive.
Today a 5th employee has tested positive, making the 5th locally acquired case in Germany, which is the most we've seen in a single country outside of China.An additional 110 close contacts are being tested, and we may have additional results tomorrow.
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Current information on the corona virus situation in Bavaria - Bavarian Ministry of Health: A new case in the district of Traunstein confirmed
The Bavarian Ministry of Health reported a second time late Thursday evening on 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 an employee of the company from the district of Starnberg, where the four previously known cases are also employed. The fifth case now lives in the Traunstein district. Details will be released to the media on Friday.
The four known cases are three men and one woman. The tests by other people who also work for this company showed no further positive results until Thursday evening (as of 8:00 p.m.). The testing of the currently determined 110 contact persons from the company is ongoing.
The contacts identified so far should isolate themselves at home and continuously report to the health department with information on their health status. Further test results are expected to be available tomorrow Friday. In addition, the health authorities continue to investigate - for example, after contacts in the private environment.
Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml underlined: "The Bavarian Ministry of Health has also informed the resident doctors in Bavaria about how to deal with suspected cases of infection with the novel corona virus. We sent the relevant letters yesterday to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the Bavarian State Medical Association."
The minister added: "In addition, as a precaution, we asked all hospitals in Bavaria to prepare themselves for the inclusion of justified suspected cases and patients with a confirmed infection. We also examined to what extent capacities for the treatment of sick and suspected persons in hospitals in the Greater Munich are available. "
