German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier tested positive for COVID-19, and head of the states office Tuesday said. Germany infection rate remains Consistently high despite high vaccination rate.
Steinmeier’s wife, Elk Budenbender, also Tested positive for Corona virus on Tuesday, boss office He said. They both had mild symptoms and got in right away isolation.
Steinmeier was president of Germany, which is pretty much a ceremonial thing role But he holds moral authority, since 2017. And before that he served twice As a foreigner to Chancellor Angela Merkel minister was the chief of staff to her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder.
It was elected To the second five-year term in February.
Germany currently in the operation of remove most of Corona virus restrictions despite the continuous rise in infections. on Tuesday, and national This was said by the Center for Disease Control more from 222000 new Cases have been reported over the previous 24 hoursfor along way with 264 deaths – brought Germany total death The death toll since the epidemic began has reached 127,193.
Infection nationwide rate Stop at 1.733.4 new Cases per 100,000 residents over The past seven days. that was up from 1,585.4 a week ago.
