Another politician was infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus: A test by Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke was positive.
A
corona test
* by the Prime Minister of Brandenburg,
Dietmar Woidke
, turned out positive.
According to information from the
Nordkurier
, the
SPD politician is
already in
quarantine
.
Now
contact persons of
the infected person are to be traced
Update from November 3, 12.25 p.m.:
Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU)
goes
into
quarantine
with Dietmar Woidke
after the
Corona case
.
A quick test at Scheuer was negative, but he is going to quarantine after consulting doctors, said a spokeswoman on Tuesday at the request of the dpa.
Coronavirus: Brandenburg's Prime Minister Woidke tested positive - when BER opened he was still next to Scheuer
First report from November 3, 2020:
Potsdam - Brandenburg's Prime Minister
Dietmar Woidke (SPD *)
has tested positive for the novel
corona virus
*.
Government spokesman Florian Engels announced on Tuesday that he did not attend any work appointments
after the first
colds
on Sunday.
Woidke received the medical report on the result of the test on Monday on Tuesday morning.
Contact persons
would now be
identified who - depending on the contact situations with Woidke since last Friday - went into
quarantine
at home
.
Corona test positive at Dietmar Woidke: Prime Minister stood next to Andreas Scheuer at the BER opening
Woidke took part in the opening of
BER airport
in Schönefeld
on Saturday
.
Federal Minister of Transport
Andreas Scheuer (CSU *)
, airport manager
Engelbert Lütke Daldrup
, Berlin's governing mayor
Michael Müller (SPD)
and Lufthansa boss
Carsten Spohr were
among the guests there.
They stood on a podium with Woidke.
The head of government is the first politician in the Brandenburg state government to have a positive test result for the corona virus.
Woidke informed all employees of the State Chancellery in an email about the test result, reported the government spokesman.
In it, Woidke wrote: “Given the circumstances, I am doing well.
I have mild cold symptoms.
I hope for a mild course and I wish you:
stay healthy!
“(Dpa / frs)
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