Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton announced Friday that after waking up with a sore throat and fever, he has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and has checked into a hospital in Brisbane, according to local health policy. "I feel fine and will provide an update in due course," he said in a statement. Dutton met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other Cabinet ministers on Tuesday, but Morrison said that, on the advice of the country's deputy chief medical officer, he and the other 20 Cabinet ministers do not "need to self-isolate."
Last week, Dutton flew to the United States to meet with the security ministers of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance — the U.S., Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. While in Washington, Dutton also met last Friday with President Trump's daughter and senior White House adviser, Ivanka Trump, senior counselor Kellyanne Conway, and Attorney General William Barr, among other officials.
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