Chancellor Olaf Scholz
In isolation after corona infection
Chancellor Olaf Scholz was recently a guest in Saudi Arabia, among other places.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz was infected with the corona virus and tested positive on Monday morning. He has mild cold symptoms.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (64) has been infected with the corona virus. He tested positive on Monday morning, according to media reports, according to his government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. Scholz has mild cold symptoms and immediately went into isolation in the Chancellor’s apartment in the Federal Chancellery.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (52) has also been infected with the corona virus for the first time since the pandemic began. She announced on Twitter on Monday: “Now Corona has caught me too, for the first time. The virus remains insidious. Take good care of yourselves this fall!”
Mission “Lighthouse Projects”
Scholz was out and about in the Gulf region at the weekend. Before the start of the trip, the chancellor is said to have tested negative.
He held talks with representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to strengthen cooperation and make “progress in terms of our country’s energy security and gas supply”. as it says on the Chancellor’s social media channels.