Angela Merkel tests negative in first coronavirus screening

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is currently self-quarantining, tested negative on her first coronavirus test.

Merkel, 65, self-quarantined on Sunday after her doctor tested positive for the flu-like virus. Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said that she would receive daily tests, the first of which turned up negative.

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