BREAKING Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for coronavirus while in the United States. BroedeCarmody reports covid19 auspol
He has been experiencing “mild symptoms”, according to a statement posted to Mr Joyce’s official Facebook page.Mr Joyce is in Washington DC as part of an international delegation. Other members of the delegation have tested negative.Mr Joyce is Australia’s highest-ranking politician to test positive to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.earlier this week if he was worried about being in America due to COVID-19, Mr Joyce said: “No, not really.
“I think the world’s moving on,” he said. “I was, as you do, I was going around some of the popular streets, going around Regent Street, Bond Street; people just lined up, shoulder to shoulder.“I imagine people are going to get COVID. [Given] that, the mechanism is let’s try to make sure people don’t die. But I think this is going to be endemic in the community and that will be the way forward and people will just keep getting booster shots and new vaccines for new variants.
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