Outbreaks or cluster-areas now the problem? More or less.
This got brought up late yesterday....down in Starnberg (far to the south in Germany) a catering company has a number of employees who tested positive. Focus reported on this....near 44 individuals associated with the company were affected. Additionally, in the nearby area....another ten who were asylum seekers and housed in some community building.
So here's the curious thing about the catering company....they serve the largest hospital in Munich. More tests coming? No one says much about it but it would seem like you'd have to go and test every single patient and employee in the hospital.
Since day one of infections....we are at 194k individuals who've tested positive. The newest additions to the list.....around 400 in one day.
As for deaths since day one, we are at 8,942.
This talk about the drug Remdesivir? The treatment drug for the virus is marketed now at a cost of $390 per dose....figure x-number per day, and a five-day plan....it's up in the $2,500 to $3,000 range depending on who you buy it from.
Approval for this Bavarian massive test program (test as often as you desire)? Well....the Health Minister for Germany (Spahn) hasn't been that happy with the idea, and suggests that testing often doesn't really resolve many problems.
A testing center now open at the Frankfurt Airport? Yes.....first in the country. You'd walk in, get the test done, and then present your certificate for the travel situation and the country you will be flying into. Negatives? Well....you get tested and then have to wait at least an hour or two for the results, so you might go to have a drink....pick up the virus, and four days later in the new arrived vacation spot....show the symptoms.
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