{"id":205532,"date":"2020-04-12T07:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T07:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=205532"},"modified":"2020-04-14T05:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:46:49","slug":"germanys-wuhan-has-15-per-cent-infection-rate-and-low-death-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=205532","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s &#8216;Wuhan&#8217; has 15 per cent infection rate and low death toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nick Harley \u2013 The National April 9, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-205535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gangelt-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gangelt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gangelt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gangelt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gangelt.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A study into Germany\u2019s &#8216;Wuhan&#8217; has revealed 15 per cent of the town, where the virus first stuck the country, have been infected but death rates have remained low.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Germany launched the Heinsberg Protocol study to examine the rural town of Gangelt in the region of Heinsberg, where the first virus fatalities occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Unveiled on Thursday, the preliminary findings, using the results of 500 of the town&#8217;s 12,000 inhabitants, showed that 15 per cent of the population was believed to have been infected.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Kurzer Blick hinter die Kulissen. Unser Team, das die Studie verantwortet und erm\u00f6glicht hat.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Martin Exner, Prof. Dr. Gunther Hartmann, Landrat Stephan Pusch, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArminLaschet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArminLaschet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/landnrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@landnrw<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniklinikBonn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UniklinikBonn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hsbestrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hsbestrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/heinsbergprotokoll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#heinsbergprotokoll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XndNUXkBbY\">pic.twitter.com\/XndNUXkBbY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hendrik Streeck (@hendrikstreeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hendrikstreeck\/status\/1248223162472566784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But contrary to the national death rate, it revealed the mortality rate in the town would be 0.37 per cent. It is less than one-fifth of the mortality rate, based on confirmed positive tests in Germany as a whole, the researchers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are live and announce the first perceptions about our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID%E3%83%BC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> scientific investigation:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hendrikstreeck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hendrikstreeck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArminLaschet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArminLaschet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/heinsbergprotokoll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#heinsbergprotokoll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/heinsberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#heinsberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hsbestrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hsbestrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronadeutschland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronadeutschland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19de?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19de<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronaVirusDe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronaVirusDe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QxgNwvm26T\">pic.twitter.com\/QxgNwvm26T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Heinsberg Protokoll (@hbergprotokoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbergprotokoll\/status\/1248184367849115654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The study is being led by professor Hendrik Streeck and researchers from the University Hospital Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It is hoping to test 1,000 people in the town and to date 85 per cent of them have given their permission to be tested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Prof Streeck tweeted: &#8220;Thanks to everyone in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Heinsberg?src=hashtag_click\">#Heinsberg for making<\/a><\/strong><\/span> our study on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID%E3%83%BC19?src=hashtag_click\">#COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/span> possible. Only thanks to you can we understand the virus increasingly better.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Danke an alle in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Heinsberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Heinsberg<\/a>, die unsere Studie zu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID%E3%83%BC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> erm\u00f6glichen. Nur dank euch k\u00f6nnen wir das Virus zunehmend besser verstehen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PdyW01rwJ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/PdyW01rwJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hendrik Streeck (@hendrikstreeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hendrikstreeck\/status\/1247906086218153985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The study is using antibody tests to sample a random portion of the population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The death rate \u2013 fatalities among those diagnosed \u2013 has appeared lower than that of the nation as a whole due to picking up mild cases of the virus which had previously gone unnoticed, researchers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In the Heinsberg region as a whole, less than 1 per cent of the population has tested positive for the virus, and 44 patients have died, according to the Robert Koch Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The new research comes as Germany&#8217;s health minister Jens Spahn revealed on Thursday that restrictions on public life are taking effect and are flattening the curve on new cases of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The number of newly reported infections is flattening out, we are seeing a linear increase again rather than the dynamic, exponential increase we saw in mid-March,&#8221; Mr Spahn said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Thursday, the national disease control centre announced it is planning to conduct a series of blood tests to determine how many people in the country are immune to Covid-19 and how many were infected without knowing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Lothar Wieler, the head of the Robert Koch Institute, says starting next week antibody tests will be carried out on blood given by donors around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">His institute anticipates up to 5,000 samples will be conducted every 14 days, with results starting in early May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A second survey will examine blood from about 2,000 people from each of four infection &#8216;hot spots&#8217; in Germany. And a third will look at a representative sample of some 15,000 people across the country, with results expected in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Germany has confirmed more than 113,000 infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">More than 2,300 people have died, a death rate lower than many countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/germany-s-wuhan-has-15-per-cent-infection-rate-and-low-death-toll-1.1004050\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study of the town at the centre of Germany\u2019s corona virus outbreak finds an infection and mortality rate little different from that of seasonal cold and flu <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205536,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205532\/revisions\/205536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}