Horst Seehofer does not want to be patronized when it comes to vaccination, explains the Federal Minister of the Interior his decision not to take Astrazeneca at the beginning of April. A few days later, he receives the vaccine from Biontech. Now the 71-year-old has to go into isolation - he tests positive.

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has contracted the coronavirus. The minister has tested positive for the virus and is currently in domestic isolation, the spokesman for CSU politician Steve Alter announced on Monday. He currently has no symptoms of illness. His appointments for this week have been canceled, he said.

Among other things, Seehofer had attended a meeting of the federal cabinet last week. On Tuesday, he presented current figures on politically motivated crime at a press conference in Berlin together with the president of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Holger Münch. It is not yet known where Seehofer contracted the disease.

The CSU politician had been vaccinated against Covid-19 for the first time on April 14. He was eligible because of his age and previous illnesses, the 71-year-old said the following day. He was administered the preparation from Biontech/Pfizer.

Dispute with Spahn It was not initially clear whether Seehofer had already received his second vaccination, but it is unlikely. The Standing Commission on Vaccination recommends an interval of 6 weeks between the two vaccine doses for the mRNA vaccines.

Seehofer's vaccination was preceded by an opinion dispute with Health Minister Jens Spahn. In early April, the Bild newspaper had reported that Seehofer had rejected an appeal by Health Minister Jens Spahn to senior cabinet colleagues to be vaccinated with Astrazeneca's vaccine. "I will not be patronized," he reportedly told the newspaper. Subsequently, the Interior Minister stressed that he was not concerned with an evaluation of the vaccine.

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