10.04.2013, 19:54
A virus has a policeman from Schleswig-Holstein were killed.Authorities were initially puzzled by which pathogens are involved.From other infected people were talking about.According to a media report should now be clear what the man died.
The policeman from the circle Rendensburg-Eckernförde died from the effects of flu, NDR reports citing the Hamburg University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE).
Total failure of all organs
Andreas Breitner, interior minister of Schleswig-Holstein, confirmed the "Schleswig-Holstein newspaper" the death of the 49-year-old policeman.The man died on Tuesday after the total failure of all the institutions in the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).Moreover, it was officially announced that another policeman is in danger.The 38-year-old has symptoms similar to his colleague, among other things, severe pneumonia.The authorities initially saw no parallels between the two cases, said the spokesman of the Health Department in Rendsburg-Eckernförde against FOCUS Online.reports that five other people were floating in danger, did not confirm the speaker.According to him, both the slain policeman as the ill suffered from a non-notifiable disease.
It could be a "degenerate virus" be
Authorities and physicians were groping in the origin of the virus initially in the dark.A district spokesman said the "Schleswig-Holstein newspaper": "It could be a virus degenerate." Schmedtje further: "The two police officers showed the same clinical picture.We do not yet know whether there is a pathogen or a pathogen that was the cause of all. "According to initial findings suggested no one connections between the two colleagues."The two officers are not working at the same department, were not together in use, do not live in the same place.There is no apparent connection, "a police spokesman said the" Schleswig-Holstein newspaper ".The policeman is already on the road to recovery, reports the NDR.
The health department will turn on
To prevent a possible spread, the competent health authority in Rendsburg-Eckernförde Friday was turned on.According to the "Bild" newspaper has been made in the police Neumünster hygiene instructions issued to the officials.In addition, voluntary blood tests were offered, some officials have allegedly been used.
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