Christian Drosten, Direktor des Instituts für Virologie an der Charité in Berlin, steht im Institut für Virologie an der Charité Berlin Mitte, in dem Untersuchungen zum Coronavirus laufen. Deutschland wird Experten zufolge mit dem neuen Coronavirus dauerhaft leben müssen. Der Virologe Drosten erwartet, dass Deutschland in Europa eines der Länder mit den höchsten Fallzahlen wird, «weil unsere Bevölkerung sehr reisefreudig ist», wie der Experte von der Berliner Charité am Donnerstagabend (27.02.2019) im ZDF sagte. +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++

The prominent virologist Christian Drosten has reported abuse at a campsite in the Mecklenburg Lake District to the police.

A spokeswoman for the Neubrandenburg police inspection confirmed that he had filed a complaint against three permanent campers – two women and one man – for defamation.

First, the online portal “We are Müritzer” reported about it. Accordingly, Drosten was insulted, among other things, as a “mass murderer”. He was also accused of “having children on his conscience”.

The police spokeswoman did not want to say anything because of ongoing investigations into the content of the insults. The incident happened last Saturday at Ellbogensee, south of the Müritz in the border region with Brandenburg.