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# Merkel ends her self-quarantine, returns to chancellery

> BERLIN, April 3 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self-quarantine and returned to the chancellery on Friday after testing negative for coronavirus several times, her spokesman said.

By Reuters · Published 3 April 2020, 14:07 SAST

## Content

Merkel had been self-quarantining and working from home after receiving a vaccination on March 20 from a doctor who was later found to have coronavirus. (Reporting by Michelle Martin, editing by Thomas Escritt)