BERLIN, Aug 14 — The leader of the state of Bavaria, a possible successor to Angela Merkel as the conservative candidate for chancellor, apologised yesterday for a coronavirus bungle that meant some 900 people who had tested positive were not told about it. Problems with data entry meant that...
Bavarian State Prime Minister Markus Soeder leaves a news conference in Nuremberg, Germany August 10, 2020. — Pool pic via Reuters
Problems with data entry meant that 44,000 travellers returning to Bavaria had been waiting for their test results for days. Around 900 of those were positive. The tests had been carried out up to two weeks ago at special centres, opened with great fanfare in the southern state. Germany has managed to keep the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths relatively low compared to other European countries but there are concerns about a possible second wave of the pandemic.
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