Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s election campaign plans have been thrown into chaos after he tested positive for COVID-19 just hours before he was due to fly to Western Australia | anguslivingston
Labor leader Anthony Albanese will fight the election campaign from his Sydney home after testing positive for COVID-19 and going into isolation for seven days, forcing radical changes to his campaign strategy and giving key frontbenchers a bigger role.
In the same way Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared at press conferences on a television screen while in isolation in The Lodge, the Labor leader will draw on a contingency plan The positive result means Albanese will isolate while Morrison can continue touring the country trying to win crucial votes in what is shaping as a tight election.
“I am grateful to know that I will have access to the world’s best health care if I need it, because of Medicare,” he said.The Labor leader has been taking PCR tests regularly, but had not tested positive on a RAT. A spokesman confirmed he is currently asymptomatic.
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