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Vienna, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID19, his ministry said Saturday, as the country posted a new daily record for infections.

Schallenberg could have contracted the coronavirus during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday, a foreign ministry spokeswoman told the APA news agency.

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