German Chancellor Angela Merkel is going into home quarantine immediately, after a doctor who gave her a vaccination on Friday has tested positive for coronavirus, Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert announced in a press statement on Sunday.
Seibert also stated that the chancellor will continuously be tested for coronavirus because a test at this early stage would not be reliable. Merkel will continue her full workload from her quarantine, Seibert added.
Earlier Sunday: Germany has implemented a “contact ban” rather than a full nationwide lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, Merkel said.
Merkel said in a press conference Sunday that the country would toughen measures and “reduce contact with people as much as possible.”
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对病毒蔓延造成的后果感到绝望，德国黑森州财政部长自杀
2020-03-29 23:50
据美联社29日报道称，当地时间星期六，现年54岁的德国黑森州财政部长托马斯·舍费尔被发现死在霍赫海姆（位于法兰克福附近）的铁轨旁。
当地警察部门表示，通过询问目击者和警方调查，最终得出了舍费尔系自杀的结论。黑森州州长福尔克·布菲耶则在周日表示，舍费尔的死与新冠疫情有关，他对病毒蔓延造成的后果感到绝望。
布菲耶称，舍费尔担忧是否能满足当地民众对政府的巨大期望，尤其是在财政方面缓解疫情的影响。“我不得不说这些忧虑压垮了他。他显然找不到解决的办法，他绝望了，离开了我们”，布菲耶称。
据报道，德国联邦政府和州政府已经制定了庞大的救助计划，以缓解为延缓新型冠状病毒传播而执行的封锁政策对经济和社会造成的冲击。
文章称，舍费尔担任黑森州财政部长已经长达10年的时间，他也是德国总理默克尔领导的基督教民主联盟的成员。
据黑森州社会事务和融合部公布的信息显示，目前当地共有2943例新冠肺炎确诊病例。
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German chancellor goes into self-quarantine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is going into home quarantine immediately, after a doctor who gave her a vaccination on Friday has tested positive for coronavirus, Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert announced in a press statement on Sunday.
Seibert also stated that the chancellor will continuously be tested for coronavirus because a test at this early stage would not be reliable. Merkel will continue her full workload from her quarantine, Seibert added.
Earlier Sunday: Germany has implemented a “contact ban” rather than a full nationwide lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, Merkel said.
Merkel said in a press conference Sunday that the country would toughen measures and “reduce contact with people as much as possible.”