Coronavirus: a contaminated German 60 km from the Belgian border
Two new cases of Covid-19 contamination were diagnosed in Germany on Tuesday, according to regional authorities.
Posted on 25/02/2020 at 23:19 by Belga
A German patient, originally from Erkelenz in North Rhine-Westphalia, about sixty kilometers from the Belgian border, has been confirmed infected with the new coronavirus, German authorities said on Tuesday, quoted by the dpa and ANP agencies. The person was transported to a university hospital in Düsseldorf (north-west).
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Due to the recognized case in the regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia, schools and daycare centers in the city of Heinsberg, located near the border with the Netherlands, will be closed as a precaution on Wednesday, according to the Westdeutscher Rundfunk media. (WDR).
In addition, a 25-year-old man was also hospitalized in solitary confinement in the regional state of Baden-Württemberg (southwest). He would probably have been infected in Italy, in Milan.
These new cases bring the number of people infected in Germany to 18. The other affected people are treated in Bavaria (south) and Hesse (west).
Brazil has first positive COVID-19 test, but new test needed
This Tuesday, 25, Brazil had a first positive coronavirus test. According to the Ministry of Health, this is a 61-year-old man, residing in São Paulo, with a history of traveling to Italy, in the Lombardy region (north of the country), working alone, in the period from 9 to February 21st. There is still a new test, which will take place on Wednesday, 26, to treat the diagnosis as confirmed.
This Tuesday afternoon, the case was reported by Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein as a suspected coronavirus. With preliminary results performed by the health unit and in accordance with the National Contingency Plan, the hospital sent the sample to the national reference laboratory, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, for counterproof.
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