Corona concern at Steinmeier: Second test result there - Federal President remains in quarantine

Now the head of state will first have to work in the home office: Federal President Steinmeier has gone into quarantine because he had contact with a corona infected person.

• Federal President

  Frank-Walter Steinmeier went into quarantine

  on Saturday

  .

• A bodyguard has tested positive.

• Steinmeier is now waiting for his further corona test result.

Update from October 18, 8:00 p.m.:

After the

from

, the head of state's first negative test result was confirmed with a second procedure.

A spokeswoman for the Office of the Federal President announced this on Sunday.

She had already announced on Saturday that Steinmeier

had

.

This result of a rapid test was then validated by a so-called

- according to the spokeswoman, there was also a negative result here on Sunday.

PCR tests are more accurate than rapid tests.

Steinmeier remains in

, said the spokeswoman.

It will be tested again in the coming days.

The Federal President went into quarantine on Saturday after a bodyguard tested positive for the corona virus.

Update from October 18, 1 p.m.:

After contact with an infected bodyguard,

tested

negative for the

virus

.

A spokesman said on Sunday.

Strobl remains in

for the time being

.

He is fully able to work at home.

The

doctors are now

discussing how to proceed, to what extent

further tests and

measures are necessary.

Strobl had gone into quarantine and canceled all appointments after a

who was traveling with him in the car tested positive.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

is waiting for his second test result.

After a bodyguard for the Federal President tested positive for the

virus, the result of a quick test at Frank-Walter Steinmeier was initially negative.

However, further tests are pending.

Corona: Steinmeier is still in quarantine - Interior Minister Strobl can also be tested

Update from October 18, 10.15 a.m.:

After a bodyguard from

tested positive for the

virus, the

into quarantine on Saturday.

As a spokeswoman explained, the first test at

initially negative, but the Federal President should remain in quarantine.

Further tests are planned for the next few days because, according to a spokeswoman, the infected bodyguard is a

first-degree

.

He had been on the road with the Federal President in the past few days.

Meanwhile,

is also waiting

for his corona test result.

The minister is also in quarantine after a bodyguard tested positive for the virus.

Corona quarantine for Steinmeier: Other top politicians affected - some cases are similar

Update from 10/17/2020, 8:57 p.m

.: After

, the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) and the

,

, have been in Corona quarantine

since Saturday

.

The Steinmeier and Strobl cases are similar: They are both in quarantine because one of their bodyguards tested positive for the corona virus.

In contrast, in the case of the Austrian Schallenberg, it is already clear that he has also infected himself, as his spokeswoman announced.

The suspicion is in the room that Schallenberg was

infected

at a meeting of

, in which Federal Foreign Minister

part.

The Belgian colleague Sophie Wilmès had also already tested positive for the corona virus.

Corona quarantine for Steinmeier: first test is negative 

Update from October 17, 2020, 5:12 p.m.:

A first

the

is negative, according to a spokeswoman for the Federal President's Office on Saturday in Berlin.

remains in

Frank-Walter Steinmeier in quarantine: Bodyguards of the Federal President tested positive for Corona

Initial report, 17. 10. 2020, 15:16

Berlin - The

does not make in front of the Bellevue Palace halt.

Federal President

into

on Saturday

.

As a spokeswoman for the Office of the Federal President in Berlin announced, a

the head of state has tested positive for the corona virus.

The man from the command of the Federal Criminal Police Office is a

first-degree

.

Steinmeier now have a

himself

*

subjected, but the first result is not yet available, said the spokeswoman on Saturday afternoon.

Corona around Steinmeier: Quarantine affects the Federal President's schedule

The Federal President

actually

wanted to

award the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in Frankfurt's Paulskirche

this Sunday at the end of the

.

According to the Office of the Federal President, the award ceremony will take place anyway.

At the end of March,

*

As a precaution, quarantined at home for almost two weeks because she had contact with an infected doctor.

During this time, she had three corona tests done, but they were all negative.

(dpa / cibo)

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