Hungarian Minister of Justice, Judit Varga said on Wednesday that she tested positive for COVID-19.
“I hereby inform the public that my coronavirus tested today was positive,“ she said on her Facebook page.
“I currently have mild respiratory symptoms. As of today, my family and I are at home quarantine and working from home, not attending a government meeting,’’ she added.
Varga is the first minister level member of the Hungarian government to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Hungary’s coronavirus cases have risen sharply since late August.
The country’s total COVID-19 cases topped 10,000 on Sept. 10, 20,000 on Sept. 23, 30,000 on Oct. 4 and 40,000 on Oct. 14.
