Southeast Asia Tour: Hungarian Foreign Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19

[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, who is on a tour of Southeast Asia, has tested positive for COVID-19.

According to AP and others on the 4th (local time), the Thai Ministry of Health announced that 12 members of the delegation, including Minister Szijjarto, who is officially visiting Thailand via Cambodia, underwent COVID-19 testing, and only Minister Szijjarto tested positive for COVID-19.

After the positive diagnosis, Minister Szijjarto was transferred to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.

According to Hungarian local media, Minister Szijjarto tested negative for COVID-19 before departing on his tour at the end of last month. He attended the reopening ceremony of the embassy after 25 years during his one-day visit to Cambodia, and signed economic cooperation agreements between the two countries on water management and agriculture. He also met with Prime Minister Hun Sen and held meetings with the ministers of foreign affairs, commerce, and agriculture.

Foreign media reported that in photos taken at the time, neither Minister Szijjarto nor Cambodian officials wore masks to prevent COVID-19 infection, and social distancing was not properly observed.

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