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Germany’s Scholz positive for Covid after Gulf tour
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for the coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms after returning from a tour of the Gulf, his spokesman said Monday.
The 64-year-old is isolated in his apartment in the chancellery, and will attend meetings online, spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.
At the weekend, he visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar on a hunt for new energy sources after Russia cut gas supplies amid tensions over the Ukraine war.
He signed a deal Sunday for the UAE to supply natural gas and diesel to Germany.