Australia deputy PM tests positive for Covid after UK visit
Australia's deputy prime minister has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the US on an official visit.He said he was now in isolation and experiencing mild flu-like symptoms.
Mr Joyce met with UK cabinet ministers including Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps while in London, before travelling to Washington DC on Wednesday. It is unclear what transmission risk he posed. No other members of the Australian government delegation have tested positive so far. Mr Joyce said he had returned negative tests before leaving the UK, but upon arrival in the US he felt some fatigue and pain in his legs.He told Australian media he had been Christmas shopping in London where "people [were] just lined up, shoulder to shoulder".
Mr Joyce is the highest-ranking Australian politician to have caught the virus. Defence Minister Peter Dutton was also infected last year, after a trip to the US.
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