Two foreign ministers test positive for Covid-19 after EU meeting | Malay Mail

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VIENNA, Oct 18 — The foreign ministers of Austria and Belgium have both tested positive for coronavirus after attending a meeting with European Union colleagues this week. Austria's Alexander Schallenberg and Belgium's Sophie Wilmes sat next to each other during a group breakfast at the meeting...

Minister for foreign affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg talks to the media as he arrives to attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. — Pool pic via Reuters

“It is suspected that Schallenberg might have been infected at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday,” a spokeswoman for his ministry said in a statement, adding that he did not have symptoms and had been tested as a routine measure. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tested negative on Friday and had no close contact with Schallenberg, his ministry said, while Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde will work from home until she receives a negative test result, her department said.

 

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