By Tony Winterburn • Published: 22 Mar 2020 • 18:58
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The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly been admitted to quarantine after a doctor who gave her a vaccine test recently proved positive for the coronavirus.
Ms. Merkel was informed about the doctor’s test shortly after holding a news conference Sunday about new measures to curb the spread of the virus, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
In a statement, Mr. Seibert said the chancellor had received a precautionary vaccine Friday against pneumococcal infection.
He added the 65-year-old would work from home for the time being and undergo “regular tests” for COVID-19 in the coming days. It comes as US Senator Rand Paul posted on twitter that he has tested positive for the illness- the first US senator to say they have caught it.
In the conference Ms. Merkel held shortly before being told about the doctor’s diagnosis, she announced a nationwide ban on public meetings of more than two people outside work.
She said the ban would be in place for at least two weeks.
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