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Infected diplomat had shared car with infected visiting minister

Health officials in protective gear escort Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto aboard his plane as he leaves Bangkok for Budapest on Nov 4 after testing positive for the Covid-19 virus in Thailand. (Photo: Public Health Ministry/AFP)

A Hungarian diplomat based in Bangkok was found infected with Covid-19 after he shared a car and had dinner last week with the visiting Hungarian foreign and trade minister.

Tests on the minister’s samples taken on his arrival later came back positive.

The Disease Control Department on Tuesday presented a timeline at a press conference of how the still unidentified 53-year-old Hungarian diplomat was infected.

On Nov 3, the diplomat had met Foreign and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto when he and his delegation arrived by plane. They travelled in the same car to the…

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