First case of coronavirus in Berlin

In the German capital, one person was diagnosed with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. There are now confirmed infections in 10 of the 16 federal states.

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After the first evidence of a coronavirus infection in Berlin, Health Senator Dilek Kalayci will provide details of the case on Monday, 2 March 2020 at 12 noon. Late Sunday evening, the Senate Department for Health, Nursing and Equality had announced that the person is isolated and treated as an inpatient. The public health officer in charge had started to follow up on the contact persons. More details were not disclosed by the Senate Administration upon request.

More than 130 coronavirus infections In Germany, more than 130 infections with the virus Sars-CoV-2, which can cause the lung disease Covid-19, are known to date. With Berlin, ten German states have now reported infections. Results were expected on Monday by employees of the Brandenburg theme park Tropical Islands Resort. A man from North Rhine-Westphalia visited the site, where the pathogen was later detected.

Hospitals see themselves well prepared The state-owned clinic group Vivantes and the Charité as the major Berlin hospital owners consider themselves well prepared for patients with the new coronavirus. In the nine Vivantes hospitals there are about 1860 rooms that can be isolated, the group announced on the weekend upon request. The Senate Health Administration, however, considers all 38 Berlin emergency hospitals and emergency centers to be basically suitable for patients who are ill with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The laboratory of Vivantes and Charité is responsible for the detection procedures for all clinics.

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