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Tuesday, November 03, 2020
Brandenburg Prime Minister Woidke has Covid-19. The SPD politician shows mild symptoms and is in quarantine. The contact persons will now be notified. It could affect the Federal Minister of Transport, the head of government of Berlin and the head of Lufthansa. They were all at the BER opening.
Brandenburg Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke is infected with the corona virus; He was only on Saturday with other celebrities at the opening of the Berlin BER airport. Several other top politicians are now isolating themselves. Government spokesman Florian Engels said Woidke did not attend any work appointments on Sunday after the first colds. This Tuesday he received the positive result of Monday’s test. The 59-year-old has mild cold symptoms but continues to work in the home office and chaired the cabinet phone meeting Tuesday.
The search for contact persons for Woidkes is in full swing. On Saturday, the Prime Minister participated in the inauguration of the capital’s airport, which began nine years after the failure of construction. The podium was prominently occupied: there were the Federal Minister of Transport, Andreas Scheuer, the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, the director of the airport, Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, as well as the CEO of Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr, and the CEO of Easyjet, Johan Lundgren, with Woidke.
When photos of the symbolic inauguration were taken with the activation of the luminous letters BER, the guests at the podium stood there for a while without masks. Government spokesman Engels said that on the occasion of the opening ceremony, Woidke was very careful to wear protection for his mouth and nose. He removed his mask during his speech and during a short photo shoot. So far, it is unclear when and where Woidke was infected.
Contact persons reacted quickly: According to a spokeswoman, Scheuer will go into quarantine. A quick test with him was negative. According to the Senate Chancellery, Müller was tested for the corona virus and is initially ruling from home. Your test result is still pending. The airport chief also took the test and says he wants to be quarantined until the result. Spohr also abstained from a business trip to Berlin and is being tested for the virus, according to a spokesperson. Lundgren announced a similar approach.
On Friday, Woidke participated in a special Corona meeting of the state parliament and, after a telephone cabinet meeting, spoke at a press conference with Health Minister Ursula Nonnemacher and Interior Minister Michael Stübgen. Stübgen and Nonnemacher had also quarantined at home as a precautionary measure and had been tested, their spokesperson said. Nonnemacher rapid test is negative.
