Wuhan virus: Man who works at coronavirus-hit firm is Germany's seventh case
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A laboratory worker works on a test sample of a suspected coronavirus case in Stuttgart, Germany.
PHOTO: AFP
BERLIN (REUTERS) - Germany on Friday (Jan 31) confirmed a seventh case of coronavirus, identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive.
Earlier on Friday, authorities identified the sixth victim as the child of a male employee at the same company.
"Thus, there are currently a total of seven known coronavirus cases in Bavaria," the Bavarian Health Ministry said in a statement.
Of the seventh patient, it added: "Details will be announced to the media on Saturday."