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He is a key figure in the fight against the corona pandemic: Health Minister Spahn himself has now tested positive, as the first in the federal cabinet. Desires for recovery come from many sides.
By Martin Polansky, ARD capital studio
The Minister of Health in domestic isolation. By Corona. Jens Spahn of all people. He has been a key figure in the fight against the pandemic since the spring. With and without a mask. And now he’s the first cabinet member to test positive for Corona.
Well-being wishes come from Chancellor Angela Merkel and from many sides via Twitter, for example SPD Finance Minister Olaf Scholz: “This is not good news. I wish you a quick and full recovery.”
FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing writes: “Germany needs you now.” And the leader of the left-wing parliamentary group, Dietmar Bartsch, tweeted: “I wish an easy course, a quick and lasting improvement, dear Jens Spahn.”
Spahn got tested himself for cold symptoms. The result: positive. He is now in home isolation. According to the Ministry of Health, all contact persons will be informed.
There should be a lot of them. Also the members of the federal cabinet. Spahn had attended the meeting Wednesday morning. The pictures show how he wears a mask when he enters, but not later. However, the cabinet met in the great International Conference Room, where the gaps between those present are particularly large.
Cabinet members do not need to be quarantined
A government spokesman emphasizes: Members of the cabinet, and therefore the government, do not have to be quarantined. Because the hygiene concept in the hallway was particularly optimized, it should prevent infections and had been reviewed by the Berlin-Mitte health department.
From the point of view of the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, a cabinet quarantine is not necessary: ”Distances were guaranteed there. Indeed, in the current situation, such remote contact does not automatically lead to quarantine, if the times are not closed “. long. And I assume that the relevant safety precautions have been observed. “
Several ministers were already in quarantine
Members of the government undergo crown tests regularly. And several ministers have already been quarantined in recent months, due to infections in their environment. For example of bodyguard.
These include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, and the Minister of Economy, Peter Altmaier. Chancellor Merkel worked from home as a precautionary measure in March because she had previously been treated by a positive coronary doctor. And Federal President Steinmeier has been in quarantine since Saturday. Since then, two corona tests have come back negative.
In all cases the following applies: The work capacity of the offices and ministers was ensured. After Jens Spahn’s positive test, the government’s emergency plans should now be examined more closely.
