Australia’s home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus

Australia’s minister for home affairs, Peter Dutton, has announced that he has contracted coronavirus. The senior Australian official said that he has been hospitalized.

In a statement posted to his official Twitter page, Dutton explained that he was tested for COVID-19 after waking up with a “temperature and sore throat.”

Dutton was hospitalized after the test returned positive. The minister said that he “feels fine” and will provide updates as they become available.

The news comes a day after American actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson disclosed that they caught the illness while working on a film in Australia.

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