Infected with corona virus? Munich women experience unfortunate situation after test - "Can't be"

A Munich doctor may have been infected with the corona virus. But the authorities leave her and her friend in doubt.

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Munich - Everything seems clear on paper: It is tested who has symptoms and was in close contact with an infected person or was in a risk area . Then people are sent to quarantine .

The example of the general practitioner Dr. shows that sometimes things are not so clear in reality. Cornelia Königsbauer, who runs a practice in Nymphenburg. In her family, relatives have contracted Covid-19 . "That's why I closed the practice," explains the 64-year-old. On Thursday last week, she smeared herself after symptoms had appeared.

Since then she has had to wait for the result. Their attempts to contact the authorities were very difficult. Again and again she called the Corona hotline 116 117: “Completely hopeless!” So ​​the uncertainty remained .

Coronavirus / Munich: infected? Authority presumably leaves the infected in the dark

Also for her good friend Ariane Muss, with whom she had several contacts last week. In her own words, she asked about the health department and found out that, according to the guidelines of the Robert Koch Institute, she did not have to be in quarantine.

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Why not? Because Muss had no official contact with a confirmed infected person on paper! "It can't be," says the 61-year-old, referring to the situation with her friend, where practically only the test result is pending.

Both did the right thing: they voluntarily went into quarantine.

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