Austrian foreign minister tests positive for Covid-19
Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, his ministry said Saturday, as the country posted a new daily record for infections.
Schallenberg could have contracted coronavirus during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday, a foreign ministry spokeswoman told the APA news agency.
“He has not presented any symptoms so far,” he said.
The minister has cancelled a trip planned for the coming days to Britain, Denmark, Greece and Cyprus.
All members of the conservative government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will be tested as a precaution on Saturday.
Austria reported a new high of 2,300 cases on Saturday.
With a population of 8.8 million, Austria has also recorded 882 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Schallenberg is just the latest in a string of politicians to contract the disease, including US President Donald Trump, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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