Söder tested positive for Corona - Prime Minister cancels trip to the Gulf region

Created: 04/09/2022, 02:15 p.m

Markus Söder (CSU), Prime Minister of Bavaria, tested positive for the corona virus.

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Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder tested positive for Corona.

The CSU boss has now had to cancel his planned trip to the Gulf region.

Munich – For two years he was able to avoid the virus, but now it has finally caught him: Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder* (CSU*) has tested positive for the corona virus*.

He announced this himself on Twitter on Saturday.

The news comes at a bad time.

He therefore had to cancel a trip to the Gulf region planned for the coming days.

Corona caught Söder: Bavaria's Prime Minister announced a positive test on Twitter and canceled the trip

"Now it got me after two years," wrote Söder.

In the run-up to his trip, a PCR test* was positive on Saturday.

"Even though I had done rapid tests twice a day all week - always negative.

The last one even this morning.”

"By the way, the value of the PCR test is such that infection has so far been extremely unlikely," he wrote.

"Nevertheless, it's now time to isolate.

Unfortunately, the trip abroad has therefore been cancelled.” Actually, Söder would have wanted to go on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Sunday.