Coronavirus: Thuringian CDU politicians not infected

The suspected coronavirus at the Thuringian CDU MP Volker Emde has not been confirmed. This was announced by the State Ministry of Health in Erfurt on Tuesday evening. According to the laboratory of the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection, the test result was negative. No further quarantine is necessary for the politician.

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The plenary session scheduled for Wednesday to elect a prime minister will thus take place as planned, said the Thuringian state parliament.

Emde was relieved. “I’m fine, I feel good, just no hectic pace,” he told SPIEGEL. He would of course appear tomorrow on the election date. The parliamentary director of the CDU parliamentary group wrote on Twitter that the test results “remain fully operational for the next few days”.

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The suspected case had raised fears that other MPs might have been infected. Because Emde had been on a skiing holiday in Italy during the winter holidays with a 57-year-old man from the Saale-Orla district, with whom the new corona virus was detected. He then took part in the negotiations of the CDU parliamentary group with representatives of the Left, SPD and Greens in the Thuringian state parliament, in which the parties had agreed on a compromise, This should ensure that a red-red-green minority government can rely on project-related majorities.

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Former head of government Bodo Ramelow (left) wants to stand for election again on Wednesday. For the AfD Björn Höcke, party and faction leader, The first attempt at the election was on February 5 ended in disaster, At that time, the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich elected Prime Minister with votes from the AfD, CDU and FDP, which caused indignation and protests nationwide. Kemmerich resigned three days after his election and has been managing director since then – without a minister.

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