November 4 The spokesperson of the German state government of Brandenburg confirmed on the 3rd that the governor of the state Wojdeck was diagnosed with the Coronavirus that day.
The German Federal Minister of Transport Scheuer and Berlin Mayor Miller, who had attended the opening ceremony of the new Berlin Airport with Wojdeck, were in isolation on the same day.
Germany is undergoing a month-long second round of “closures”. The German disease control agency announced that the number of new confirmed cases was 15,352.
The real-time data of Germany’s “Times Online” as of 18:00 local time on the 3rd showed that a total of 568,349 confirmed cases, 371,432 cured, and 10,837 died in Germany.
Florian Engels, a spokesman for the Brandenburg state government adjacent to the capital Berlin, confirmed the news that Governor Wojdeck was diagnosed that day.
Wojdek was diagnosed with the infection on the morning of the 3rd local time. Florian Engels said that Wojdeck has cancelled all official trips since he developed cold symptoms on November 1. Authorities are currently screening people who have had contact with Wojdek since October 30.
On October 31st, Wojdeck attended the opening ceremony of the new Berlin Airport with the German Federal Minister of Transport Scheuer and Berlin Mayor Miller. The live broadcast showed that although the guests in attendance wore masks most of the time, Wojdeck, Scheuer, Miller and others took off their masks in speeches and group photos.
According to a report by the Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting Corporation, many guests including Scheuer, Miller and Berlin-Brandenburg Airport CEO Dahldrup have entered the quarantine that day.
Among them, Scheuer’s rapid test result for the Coronavirus was negative, but he was still isolated under the advice of a doctor. Miller is still waiting for the results of the nucleic acid test and has entered home isolation and continues to handle official duties at home.
Dahldrup said on the 3rd that he cannot rule out the possibility that Wojdeck’s confirmed infection will affect other people attending the opening ceremony, but he emphasized that the airport has paid great attention to complying with the pandemic prevention requirements and maintained interpersonal relationships during the opening ceremony.
The distance and guests also wore masks, and the airport also dispatched supervisors to supervise people’s compliance with the pandemic prevention requirements.
