Hungarian minister tests positive for coronavirus

Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga has tested positive for coronavirus, she said on Facebook on Tuesday.

“I hereby inform the public that my coronavirus tested today was positive,” she said on her Facebook page.

“I currently have mild respiratory symptoms. As of today, my family and I are at home quarantine and working from home, not attending a government meeting,” she added.

Varga is the first minister-level member of the Hungarian government to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Hungary’s coronavirus cases have risen sharply since late August.

The country’s total COVID-19 cases topped 10,000 on Sept. 10, 20,000 on Sept. 23, 30,000 on Oct. 4 and 40,000 on Oct. 14.

Latest numbers in Hungary: Coronavirus in Hungary: Over 34,000 active infections, 48 die in the past 24 hours

Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès has tested positive for coronavirus, she said on Saturday, and Austria’s foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg is also quarantining at home following a positive COVID-19.