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German President F. Steinmeier has COVID-19

German President F. Steinmeier has COVID-19
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a session of the House of Commons in Berlin on November 14, 2021. Documentary photo: AFP/VNA

The announcement of the German Presidential Office stated that the rapid tests and subsequent PCR tests of the President and his wife were positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus; All F1 contacts have been reported. President Steinmeier (66 years old) and his wife (60 years old) have both received 3 vaccinations against COVID-19.

During the pandemic, President Steinmeier has significantly reduced his business appointments and foreign trips. It is not clear whether President Steinmeier will be able to make the first foreign trip of his second term to Poland on March 29.

The wave of COVID-19 infections is currently breaking out strongly in Germany, and many German politicians have contracted the disease. National Assembly Speaker Bärbel Bas and 2 Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly Wolfgang Kubicki and Aydan Özoguz are infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nordrhein Westfalen State Premier Hendrik Wüst is also quarantined at a hotel in Jerusalem due to COVID-19 during his visit to Israel.

According to data from the NTV website, in the past 24 hours, Germany recorded 250,068 new infections, bringing the total number of infections since the beginning of the epidemic to 19,086 million cases. The country also recorded an additional 290 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic to 127,263 cases. Currently, there are about 4 million people in Germany with COVID-19. The number of patients in intensive care in Germany is also increasing, with more than 20,500 people, 376 more cases than a day earlier. Data from 183 testing centers in the past week shows that the rate of PCR tests giving positive results is at an all-time high, accounting for 56%. Regarding testing in Germany, the German Federal Health Ministry announced that the free COVID-19 rapid test in Germany will be extended by 2 months, until the end of May.

In the context that Germany is about to lift most of its COVID-19 prevention and control measures, World Health Organization Europe Director Hans Kluge said that many European countries such as Germany, France, Italy and the UK have The plan to lift a series of measures to prevent and control COVID-19 may result in a sharp increase in the number of new infections. Currently, data in 18/53 European countries by WHO region shows that the number of new infections is increasing and in the past 7 days, this region has over 5.1 million new infections and 12,496 deaths. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 53 European countries according to WHO regions have recorded nearly 194.4 million infections and more than 1.92 million deaths.

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