Published 13:35 IST, January 29th 2020

Germany confirms four new coronavirus cases, 40 people to be screened

Germany has confirmed four cases of the deadly coronavirus outbreak according to the health officials on January 28, all of them are employees at same company.

Reported by: Sounak Mitra
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Germany has confirmed four cases of dely coronavirus outbreak according to health officials on January 28. It was reported that all of m at employees at a Bavarian firm and were recently visited by a Chinese colleague. health ministry in Germany's sourn Bavaria region released a statement stating that it has detected three more cases after a 33-year-old German man anunced earlier in day.  health ministry said that all of se patients are employees of company in Starnberg district and first person was affected during work. ministry furr ded that 40 or employees at car parts supplier Webasto h been identified as having been in "close contact" with first patient, and y will be screened on Wednesday.

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Patients mitted to hospital in Munich

patients have been mitted to a hospital at Munich and y have been kept under observation in an isolation ward. A 33-year-old man was Germany's first confirmed patient who fell ill after attending a training session hosted by a visiting Chinese colleague on January 21. Germany has joined list of countries to vise its people against all but essential travel to China as cases of coronavirus rapidly increase in region. Germany's Foreign Office issued an updated travel visory asking its citizens to consider postponing travel to China if it's t urgent and avoid travel to province of Hubei.

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132 de, about 6,000 infected

According to visory, German citizens should plan ir travel as per restrictions put up in place by Chinese authorities and obey orders of local security forces. It also suggested following visories of World Health Organisation (WHO) and Robert-Koch institute, a German government ncy. number of people infected by dely Coronavirus outbreak has risen to nearly 6,000 in China, reports on Wednesday said. virus originating from China's Wuhan has claimed lives of 132 people in country, while about 6,000 new cases have been confirmed. 

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13:35 IST, January 29th 2020