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German finance minister tests positive for Covid during US trip

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German finance minister tests positive for Covid during US trip
Christian Lindner, parliamentary group leader and party chairman of the FDP, wearing an FFP2 mask. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Kay Nietfeld

Leader of the FDP and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner caught the virus while in Washington.

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Germany's finance minister tested positive for Covid-19 Wednesday while in the US capital Washington for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a ministry official said.

Christian Lindner participated in a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank presidents as well as a G7 meeting before receiving the positive result, the official said. Germany currently holds the G7 presidency.

"The minister is okay. He has only mild symptoms," the ministry official added.

It was unclear whether Lindner would return to Berlin on Thursday as planned.

Tests before his flight from Berlin to Washington on Tuesday and in Washington Wednesday were negative, before he tested positive in the evening, according to the ministry.

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Anonymous 2022/04/21 13:40
He didn't catch it in the USA. If his test was negative Tuesday, negative Wednesday morning, but positive Wednesday evening, he was likely infected Sunday or Monday BEFORE he left Germany. I picked it up in Brussels 2 weeks ago. It took 3 days to test positive after exposure. You don't test positive with hours of exposure.

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