The German government has sent a military plane to the Chinese city of Wuhan to evacuate "over 100" of its citizens from the virus-hit region, as five patients in Germany were confirmed to have coronavirus.
Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa said Wednesday it was cancelling all flights to mainland China until February 9th, as fears mount over the deadly coronavirus.
Germany now has four confirmed cases of the coronavirus sweeping China, health officials said Tuesday, all of them employees at a Bavarian firm recently visited by a Chinese colleague.
A German man who contracted the novel strain of coronavirus was infected by a colleague visiting from China, officials said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first human-to-human transmission in Europe.
Health officials are preparing for the arrival of the coronavirus in Germany, as the government urged citizens to avoid "unnecessary trips" to China amid fears over the spread of the epidemic.
Angela Merkel has announced new curbs to slow down the spread of Covid-19, which include caps on the number of people at social gatherings in badly-hit coronavirus areas.