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Albanese tests positive for COVID, to work from home

In October, Australia ended mandatory home quarantine for COVID-infected people. 

Reuters
Sydney, Australia
Mon, December 5, 2022

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Albanese tests positive for COVID, to work from home Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (center) attends the East Asia Summit Gala dinner in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 12, 2022. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

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ustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday afternoon and would work from home while isolating.

In October, Australia ended mandatory home quarantine for COVID-infected people. 

"I encourage anyone who is unwell to test and to take any extra precautions to keep their families and neighbours well," Albanese said in a statement.

Albanese is due to make a two-day trip to Papua New Guinea on Dec. 12-13.

It is the second COVID infection for Albanese, who was sidelined for some of the federal election campaign earlier this year after a positive test. Albanese's Labor Party won power at the election.

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