FILE PHOTO: Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz arrives on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2020. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and much of his staff and cabinet have tested negative for the coronavirus after an unidentified close colleague of Kurz's tested positive on Monday, the chancellor's office said.
Kurz's office said on Monday afternoon that he and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler had cancelled all appointments for the day and were being tested after the unidentified colleague whom they last saw on Wednesday was found to have been infected. That colleague had tested negative on Tuesday evening.
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