Chancellor Angela Merkel in quarantine after contact with physician who examined constructive for coronavirus



German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to make a press assertion on the unfold of the brand new coronavirus COVID-19 on the Chancellery, in Berlin on March 22, 2020.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made the choice to self-quarantine in her residence after having contact with a physician who examined constructive for the coronavirus, making her the most recent world chief to take precautions after attainable publicity to the quickly spreading illness. 

Merkel was knowledgeable after a press convention Sunday that a physician who administered a pneumococcal vaccine to her Friday afternoon examined constructive for the virus, in accordance with her spokesman Steffen Seibert. 

Merkel determined to instantly quarantine herself in her residence, Seibert stated.  She might be examined commonly over the approaching days and can proceed to conduct her duties as chancellor from residence. Her resolution to self-quarantine comes because the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate throughout Europe.

Earlier Sunday, Merkel...



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