translated from Spanish: Angela Merkel tested negative for coronavirus

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tested negative for the first coronavirus test on Monday, German government spokeswoman Steffen Seibert reported. In the coming days more analysis will be practiced,” said the spokesman, who hours earlier had revealed that the representative was fine and that he had joined a meeting of his cabinet by telephone and worked from home. Merkel went into home quarantine on Sunday night after being informed that she had been in contact with a doctor on Friday who subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. The doctor had vaccinated the chancellor against pneumococcal as a preventive measure. Germany has added another 4,000 spillies across the country in recent hours to the number of positives above 22,000 while 86 people have already died of Covid-19 in the country, according to the latest balance offered by the Robert Koch Institute ( RKI), the German government agency for infectious disease control. In particular, there have been 4,062 new cases, bringing the total to 22,672 contagions, while another 31 deaths have been recorded, bringing the death toll to 86. The states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Baden Wuerttemberg remain the hardest hit, totaling 14,318 cases and 75 deaths. Thus, RKI President Lothar Wieler has expressed a cautious optimism on Monday that the increase in the number of cases in Germany will be slightly reduced. “We see a trend that the exponential growth curve is flattening a little,” he said in Berlin, DPA reports. However, he has warned that it is too early for a final evaluation, which probably would not be possible until Wednesday.” But I am optimistic that these measures are already visible now, which is very soon, because they have actually only been in force for a week,” he said. In addition, it said that the RKI has come to the conclusion from the data on mobile phones that mobility in Germany has recently declined, although it has stated that this is not yet sufficient and has hoped that this effect will intensify with the measures announced on Sunday.

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