On February , 26 , 2020 a 41-year old soldier became the first case of coronavirus in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany .
On 26 February , the first case in Rhineland-Palatinate involved a 41-year-old soldier who worked in Cologne-Wahn military airport and had attended a carnival event in Gangelt with the 47-year-old patient from North Rhine-Westphalia .