German chance­llor plays down health concer­ns saying she was a bit dehydr­ated in the heatBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official ceremony Tuesday, saying she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat. Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun next to visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom she was welcoming to her office building with military honours. “She was standing next to me and completely safe,” he said. Merkel, frequently called the European Union’s most influential leader and the most powerful woman in the world, turns 65 next month. She has said she will leave politics at the end of her current term, in 2021.

Source: The Express Tribune June 18, 2019 12:56 UTC