Sweden: Prime Minister tested positive for Corona – other party leaders also affected

Created: 01/14/2022 11:49 am

Second chance for Magdalena Andersson: She has been re-elected Prime Minister of Sweden.

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Corona alarm in the Swedish government: Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for the virus.

A PCR test is still pending.

Stockholm – Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for the corona virus.

A quick test was positive, her state chancellery told the Swedish news agency TT on Friday.

The 54-year-old is doing well given the circumstances.

You follow the Corona* guidelines applicable in Sweden* and will work from the home office until further notice.

A PCR test should now confirm the infection.

Sweden: Prime Minister tested positive for Corona – other party leaders also affected

Social Democrat Andersson took part in a debate and subsequent meeting with the other leaders of the Swedish parliamentary parties in the Riksdag in Stockholm on Wednesday.

Two other party leaders then tested positive.

A quick test on Thursday was still negative for Andersson.

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Sweden has a woman as head of government for the first time: the social democrat Magdalena Andersson has now been officially elected* - albeit very narrowly.