Australia’s home affairs minister confirmed Friday that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, less than a week after meeting with Attorney General William Barr, senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump and other White House officials.
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The gentleman to the right of Ivanka Trump at this event last week (one over from AG Barr) is now hospitalized in Queensland after becoming symptomatic and testing positive for coronavirus.
Ivanka is not self-quarantining or, apparently, testing.https://t.co/63MAnaM2Yf https://t.co/md8S67PFW2
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 13, 2020
In a statement, Minister Peter Dutton said that he woke up on Friday morning “with a temperature and sore throat” and was “subsequently tested for COVID-19.” Dutton was advised by Queensland Health that his tests returned positive on Friday afternoon.
Dutton had met with Trump, Barr, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Joe Grogan in the US less than a week ago.
The White House said in a statement Friday that President Donald Trump’s older daughter is not showing symptoms from the coronavirus and is working from home “out of an abundance of caution.”
“Exposures from the case were assessed and the White House Medical Unit confirmed, in accordance with CDC guidance, that Ivanka is exhibiting no symptoms and does not need to self-quarantine. She worked from home today out of an abundance of caution until guidance was given,” White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement
