COVID-19: German hospital stops admitting new patients after staff members test positive

Coronavirus has shifted its base from China to Europe, where in Italy alone more than 10,000 people have lost ir lives. Amid all se chaos, a hospital in Germany has stopped mitting new patients after several staff members tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, hospital in rrn German city of Wolfsburg has stopped mitting almost all new patients and are directing m towards or health care facilities in region. 

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As per a statement released by hospital, pediatric emergency units and delivery rooms in are still accepting new patients. Visitors have also been barred from coming to hospital, however, mors giving birth can have one visitor by ir side, said statement. Germany is one of few nations in Europe and in world that has recorded less deaths compared to number of confirmed infection cases detected in country. 

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Germany has so far recorded more than 541 deaths from 62,435 confirmed coronavirus cases in country. re are currently 52,683 active cases in country, of which 1,979 patients remain under critical condition. According to data, Germany has successfully treated more than 9,211 people since disease first broke out in December 2019. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 34,000 lives across world and has infected more than 7,24,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last week before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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