(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) German Foreign Minister Maas is under quarantine due to security personnel confirmed
China News Agency, Berlin, September 23 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 23rd that as a member of the security team of the German Foreign Minister Maas was diagnosed with the new crown virus, Maas began to be quarantined that day.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the result of the first new crown test for Maas was negative that day.
The spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry announced the news in a statement that day.
According to Deutsche News Agency, earlier this year, during the worst period of the epidemic in Europe and Germany, Maas suspended foreign visits for ten weeks.
The foreign minister’s schedule announced by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed that as the epidemic stabilized in Europe, Maas visited Luxembourg in mid-May and gradually resumed foreign visits and offline meetings after that.
On the afternoon of July 31, Tegel Airport, the busiest in Berlin, Germany, is now very few passengers.
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A spokesperson for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that in accordance with the German Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law, after a member of the Mas security team was diagnosed with the new crown virus, Mas had been quarantined on the 23rd.
The first new crown test received by Masi that day was negative.
According to public reports, Maas attended an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany joining the European Commission on September 18 at the representative office of Saarland in Berlin before accepting quarantine.
The governor of Saarland, Tobias Hans, who attended with Mas, has cancelled all recent schedules preventively.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it is working with the health department to find out if anyone else has been infected and what other measures need to be taken.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the authorities will get in touch with all possible contacts as soon as possible.
On March 22 this year, a doctor who had contact with German Chancellor Merkel was diagnosed with the new crown.
Merkel took the initiative to accept home isolation for two weeks after learning the news.
The German epidemic is still rebounding.
According to the German "Times Online" report, as of 15:00 local time on the 23rd, a total of 277,046 people have been diagnosed, 245,351 people have been cured, and 9,572 people have died in Germany.
In the past seven days (September 16-22), a total of 12,246 people have been diagnosed.
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