A man enters an infectious disease centre at the University Hospital in Duesseldorf, Germany.
The district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia said it had to take the step of keeping around 1,000 home as an infected couple had participated in carnival celebrations in mid-February. In Hamburg, parents and children who were in contact with an infected employee at a university clinic have also been ordered to stay home for 14 days.
The government has ordered local authorities in the country’s 16 states to update their pandemic readiness plans.
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