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British FM Tests Positive for COVID-19


Tue 01 Feb 2022 | 03:20 PM
NaDa Mustafa

British Foreign Minister (FM) Liz Truss announced on Tuesday that she has tested positive for COVID-19. 

Truss noted that she had received her three shots of the Coronavirus vaccine, adding that she will carry out her responsibilities remotely, during her self-isolation period.

"I tested positive for Covid this evening," she tweeted."Thankfully, I've had my three jabs, and will be working from home while I isolate."

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Truss, who announced plans to parliament, on Monday, to toughen sanctions on Russia if it invaded Ukraine, was due to visit Kyiv this week as part of diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis.