Virus outbreak: German clinics "very well equipped" to treat potential patients (doctor) While Chinese authorities rapidly expand a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion, Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, says German clinics are "very well equipped" to treat potential infected patients and does not advise German tourists to avoid travelling to China, as long as they follow the usual hygiene recommendations. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES