Carnival-going German couple contract coronavirus, authorities fear it has spread

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DUESSELDORF, Germany: A German couple who have contracted the coronavirus had taken part in local carnival celebrations and also visited the ...

News conference at the federal ministry for health, labour and social affairs of North-Rhine Westphalia following two confirmed coronavirus cases in DuesseldorfDUESSELDORF, Germany: A German couple who have contracted the coronavirus had taken part in local carnival celebrations and also visited the Netherlands in the 10 days before they were diagnosed, officials said on Wednesday .

The man, a 47-year-old entrepreneur, is now seriously ill and requires mechanical ventilation. His wife, a kindergarten teacher aged 46, has pneumonia and fever but her case is not as serious as her husband's, physician Dieter Haeussinger told a news conference in Duesseldorf on Wednesday. Kindergartens and schools in the area are shut until Monday and citizens have been asked to refrain from large gatherings, Pusch said. Authorities also have closed two doctors' offices that the man had visited.

 

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