Pandemic: Erdogan tested positive for Corona

Pandemic: Erdogan tested positive for Corona

Recep Tayyip Erdogan stays at home for now. He and his wife have tested positive for the corona virus. The Turkish President says the symptoms are mild.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine have tested positive for the corona virus.

The 67-year-old reported on Twitter about “mild symptoms” of a disease that was found in both. The Covid 19 tests were then positive. According to Erdogan, it is the omicron variant of the virus.

The president and his wife are now staying at home – according to an adviser, initially for a week. Then there will be new tests. During this time, Erdogan will take part in events via video link if necessary, it said.

Erdogan, who will be 68 at the end of February and has been vaccinated, offered himself again as a mediator in Kiev on Thursday in the Ukraine conflict. On Saturday he canceled the opening of a road construction project on the Black Sea, initially citing a cold. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday that Erdogan and his wife are healthy enough to carry out their duties. According to him, the omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Turkey.

Source: Stern

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