The coronavirus patient in Germany has been identified as a 33-year-old German man who works in Starnberg, south of Munich. He had not been to China but was in a meeting with a Chinese national last week, who has since been identified with the coronavirus, Dr. Andreas Zapf, the head of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food safety said Tuesday.
Zapf said at a news conference that the patient had attended a company meeting in Starnberg last week, where the training manager -- a female Chinese citizen -- was leading the meeting. The Chinese staff member is originally from Shanghai, but her parents had visited her there a few days prior to the meeting in Germany, Zapf said.
The Chinese citizen has since flown back to China. She felt ill on the flight back and tested positive for the coronavirus after her return to Beijing. She notified the German office upon this discovery, Zapf said.
The first three European cases of Wuhan coronavirus were identified in France on Friday.
Zapf said at a news conference that the patient had attended a company meeting in Starnberg last week, where the training manager -- a female Chinese citizen -- was leading the meeting. The Chinese staff member is originally from Shanghai, but her parents had visited her there a few days prior to the meeting in Germany, Zapf said.
The Chinese citizen has since flown back to China. She felt ill on the flight back and tested positive for the coronavirus after her return to Beijing. She notified the German office upon this discovery, Zapf said.
The first three European cases of Wuhan coronavirus were identified in France on Friday.
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