Pass the salt: Tiny details helped Germany build virus defences

Germany won crucial time to build its Covid-19 defences by meticulously tracing chains of infection in order to interrupt them, write Jörn Poltz and Paul Carrel.
Pass the salt: Tiny details helped Germany build virus defences

Germany won crucial time to build its Covid-19 defences by meticulously tracing chains of infection in order to interrupt them, write Jörn Poltz and Paul Carrel.

When a worker at a car parts factory turned to borrow salt from a colleague, that person then became Case #5 of coronavirus in Germany, scientists deduced. Picture: iStock
When a worker at a car parts factory turned to borrow salt from a colleague, that person then became Case #5 of coronavirus in Germany, scientists deduced. Picture: iStock

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