Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has recovered from breast cancer - and speaks about the past months, in which she was a corona crisis manager in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania despite illness.
- Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has completed her cancer therapy .
- The Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania was diagnosed with breast cancer .
- Despite the illness, she continued to work in the corona crisis * .
Schwerin - Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has defeated cancer. The therapy of her illness was finished, said Schwesig on Tuesday in Schwerin. The 45-year-old Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had made her breast cancer disease * public in September 2019.
#MVs MP #Schwesig has stated that he will do rehab for a limited time. She had made her breast cancer public eight months ago. She is currently healthy. She wanted to continue to force the country through the corona crisis. #zdfheute pic.twitter.com/YlKbWc00Nc
- ZDF State Studio Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (@ZDFschwerin) May 12, 2020Manuela Schwesig on breast cancer disease: "The hardest fight in my life"
Schwesig said she was happy and grateful that she had survived cancer therapy, even if there was no guarantee and there was still a residual risk . Therefore, she will continue to receive medical treatment and control.
Manuela Schwesig (SPD) talks about her cancer.
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"It has been the hardest fight in my life so far," said Schwesig, who continued her position despite the illness. The past few months have not left her without a trace. In the next few weeks, she wanted to do rehab to regain her strength. The cabinet meeting on Tuesday was to lead Vice Prime Minister and Interior Minister Lorenz Caffier (CDU) .
"Wonderfully safe from good powers ... Thank you for the great support in the past few months," Schwesig tweeted on Tuesday:
Wonderfully safe from good powers ... Thank you for the great support in the past few months❤️ #fightcancer pic.twitter.com/o0QC1NJx6f
- Manuela Schwesig (@ManuelaSchwesig) May 12, 2020Manuela Schwesig also continued to work in the corona crisis - and welcomes country unilaterally in the event of easing
The SPD politician had received medical treatment and initially appeared less frequently in public. But she continued to work. And when the corona pandemic also hit Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwesig was present as a crisis manager .
Schwesig recently welcomed the fact that the countries can go their own way with the corona loosening * - their reason: the infection situation * and the needs are regionally different. “The situation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is different than in North Rhine-Westphalia * or Bavaria * .
The head of government emphasized that basic nationwide standards were also needed, which had also been set. This included maintaining the minimum distance * , the mask requirement * and the "emergency brakes" * . In this way it can be possible to keep an outbreak locally and to fight it without paralyzing the whole of the Federal Republic again.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.