Germany COVID-19 outbreak: 129 cases, Travel and PPE procurement

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews

The crisis team of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior made further decisions on health security against coronavirus infections in its second meeting.

The measures in cross-border traffic to Germany are intensified on all traffic routes and principles for risk assessment of major events are adopted.

“The structure of the crisis team shows that we take the outbreak of the coronavirus seriously and respond to the fact that the epidemic has now reached Germany,” said Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn.

So far, it has been possible to isolate and treat infected people in Germany and to provide close contact to the contact persons. However, it is now unclear whether the infection chains can still be broken. The crisis team has therefore taken its first decisions. Air travelers from infection areas will in future have to fill out exit cards and provide information about their whereabouts. This no longer only affects air travelers from China, but also from Italy, Japan, South Korea and Iran. In future, travelers will also receive information not only on airplanes and airports, but also on trains and buses about how they can recognize the respiratory disease and how they can protect themselves against it.



