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Although it is impractical to try to post on every new novel coronavirus case reported outside of Mainland China, clusters of locally acquired cases and/or superspreader events are of particular interest.
And in this regard, Germany leads the way with a cluster of (now) 8 cases linked - directly or indirectly - to contact with an asymptomatic business traveler from China.Seven of the eight cases worked for the company where this traveler visited (although it isn't clear how many had direct contact with the visitor), while one case is the offspring of one of those cases. For preliminary details on this cluster see last Thursday's NEJM Letter Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany.
The latest (translated) update from the Bavarian Ministry of Health details the latest confirmed cases.
Current information on the coronavirus situation in Bavaria - Bavarian Ministry of Health: All eight cases in stable health condition
The Bavarian Ministry of Health informed on Sunday about the current development in cases with the novel corona virus in Bavaria. A ministry spokesman in Munich said that on Sunday morning, according to doctors, all eight cases were in a stable condition.
This also applies to the eighth case, which became known on Saturday evening.
According to the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), it is a 33-year-old man who lives in the city of Munich. He is an employee of the company from the district of Starnberg, which also employs six of the previously known coronavirus cases. Like five other cases, he is in the Munich Clinic Schwabing.
The seventh case was announced on Friday evening. It is a 52-year-old man who lives in the Fürstenfeldbruck district. 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. The father and the child are in a stable state of health in Trostberg in the hospital.
Chief Physician Prof. Dr. med. Clemens Wendtner from the Clinic for Infectious Diseases at the Munich Clinic Schwabing emphasized on Sunday: “We are in close contact with national and international medical experts from universities and the WHO.
All six cases with evidence of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) are in a clinically stable condition, sometimes showed flu-like symptoms and are currently largely symptom-free. All patients remain with us for clinical observation. "
A test campaign for employees took place last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the company from the district of Starnberg. There are now 139 negative results and 2 positive results. The positive findings come from the man from Munich and the man from the Fürstenfeldbruck district.
