Erdogan infected with Corona: Woman also positive

Created: 05/02/2022 15:59

By: Richard Strobl

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, attends a joint press conference with the President of Ukraine after their talks.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been infected with the corona virus.

He confirmed that on Saturday.

Ankara – Turkey* is currently worried about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan*.

According to his own statements, he was infected with the corona virus.

Erdogan announced via Twitter that he and his wife* had felt slight symptoms – a subsequent test was positive.

Turkey President Erdogan infected with Corona - he speaks up

According to the 67-year-old, it is the more contagious omicron variant, which usually leads to milder courses compared to earlier variants of the virus.

The Turkish President* and his wife are now staying at home – according to an advisor, initially for a week.

Then there will be new tests.

During this time, Erdogan will take part in events via video link if necessary, it said.

The Turkish President had previously been vaccinated against Corona three times.

Probably at least twice with the Chinese vaccine Sinovac.

This is reported, among other things, by the

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Corona infection hits Erdogan in a difficult position

Sinovac is a Chinese inactivated vaccine which, according to the WHO, is only said to have protected 51 percent against infection even before the new Omicron variant.

However, according to the information at the time, he should have protected 100 percent from serious courses.

The disease hits Erdogan in times of crisis.

On the one hand, the President of Turkey is trying to mediate in the Ukraine conflict.

Erdogan only visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev on Thursday.

A meeting with Putin was also planned.

In addition, Turkey continues to struggle with extremely high inflation.

The rate was recently just under 50 percent.