At least 20 people have been diagnosed with a nosocomial infection of the British variant of the virus in a German hospital, and the hospital was urgently closed.

Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) Epidemic extended, including the British variant of the virus began to spread around the world, a hospital in Berlin, Germany outbreak of nosocomial infection of the British variant of the virus, at least 20 people confirmed, the hospital emergency hospital closure, suspend the acceptance of new patients.

The German media reported that Germany’s largest medical group Vivantes is located in Berlin’s Humboldt Hospital (Humboldt Hospital) in local Time on the 23rd outbreak of nosocomial infection of the British variant of the virus, at least 20 people were diagnosed in the hospital, as the infection continues to expand, the local health department of the Humboldt Hospital to implement a lockdown, stop receiving new patients, the hospital medical staff can only move between the hospital and Home, and prohibit the use of mass transit.

Experts are worried that the infection in the hospital may be at least 50 people, while the spread of the Variant virus may spread from the hospital to the homes of health care workers; although it does not show that the British variant of the virus is more deadly, but experts say that because the variant virus is more infectious, the number of untreated patients will climb.

According to statistics, as of this morning (24) Taiwan time, Germany has a cumulative total of 2,135,352 confirmed cases and 52,452 deaths.