德国总理默克尔因接触确诊者进行自我隔离

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消息来源 CNBC

德国总理安格拉·默克尔,与她的冠状病毒检测呈阳性的医生接触后，决定在家中进行自我隔离，这使她成为在可能暴露于迅速传播的疾病之后采取了预防措施的世界领导人之一。

默克尔的发言人史蒂芬·塞伯特（Steffen Seibert）说，在周日的新闻发布会后，默克尔被告知，在周五下午给她接种肺炎球菌疫苗的医生对该病毒呈阳性反应。

塞伯特说，默克尔决定立即隔离自己的家。她将在未来几天接受定期测试，并将继续履行其作为总理的职责。她的自我检疫决定是随着冠状病毒大流行在整个欧洲继续升级而做出的。

默克尔周日早些时候宣布，德国将在接下来的两周内禁止在公开场合举行两人以上的会议，以遏制正在传播的病毒，这使欧盟最大经济体的生活几乎陷入僵局。对于生活在一起的人以及与工作相关的聚会，将不必执行这些规则.

默克尔在周日的新闻发布会上说：“目标是争取时间对抗病毒。”

根据约翰·霍普金斯大学（Johns Hopkins University）的数据，德国是世界上受灾最严重的国家之一，有超过23,000人的测试呈阳性。该国至少有92人死于该病毒。

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made the decision to self-quarantine in her home after having contact with a doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus, making her the latest world leader to take precautions after possible exposure to the rapidly spreading disease.

Merkel was informed after a press conference Sunday that a doctor who administered a pneumococcal vaccine to her Friday afternoon tested positive for the virus, according to her spokesman Steffen Seibert.

Merkel decided to immediately quarantine herself in her home, Seibert said.  She will be tested regularly over the coming days and will continue to conduct her duties as chancellor from home. Her decision to self-quarantine comes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate across Europe.

Earlier Sunday, Merkel announced that Germany was banning meetings of more than two people in public for the next two weeks to contain the spreading virus, bringing life in the European Union’s largest economy to a virtual standstill. Exceptions to the rules are being made for people who live together and for work-related gatherings

“The great aim is to gain time in the fight against the virus,” Merkel said during a press briefing Sunday.

Germany is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world, with more than 23,000 people who have tested positive, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. At least 92 people have died from the virus in the country.

Europe is in a state of lockdown as the epicenter of the global pandemic has shifted from China to countries like Italy, Spain, Germany and France. These countries, the key economies in the EU, have closed all nonessential shops, crippling economic life in the bloc of nations that share the euro currency. Italy has the highest number of reported infections outside China, followed by Spain, the United States, Germany, Iran, France and South Korea.

Germany has effectively closed its borders temporarily with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg to stop the virus from spreading.

As the pandemic spreads, there is growing concern that world leaders like Merkel could contract the virus, potentially impacting critical functions of government.  

U.S. President Donald Trump tested negative for the virus after contact with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s press secretary, who tested positive. Bolsonaro tested negative. Vice President Mike Pence also tested negative after a member of his office tested positive. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife tested positive for the virus.