Iran Press/ Europe: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tested positive for coronavirus Monday evening just hours before a planned trip to Ukraine.
Truss is the second UK cabinet minister to contract coronavirus in a matter of days after Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi confirmed he had tested positive Sunday.
Truss had been due to travel to the eastern European country Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid mounting tensions over Russia’s military build-up at the border. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still due to make the trip.
Earlier Monday, the foreign secretary addressed the House of Commons, announcing a toughened sanctions scheme aimed at hitting Russian individuals and businesses if Moscow goes ahead with an invasion of Ukraine.
She also sat three seats alongside Johnson without a mask while answering questions about the civil servant Sue Gray’s report on the “party gate” scandal.
According to Sky News, Truss also attended a meeting of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs on Monday evening, along with Johnson and several other cabinet ministers.
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