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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for Covid-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department says. "The good news is that he is fully vaccinated, he is boosted, he is experiencing only mild symptoms," the spokesperson for the State Department, Ned Price, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Staff at a Seoul polling station put on protective suits as they prepare to allow voters who are Covid positive to cast their ballots in South Korea's presidential elections. Ninety minutes has been allocated after the closure for Covid-positive voters to cast their ballots. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirms that a fully vaccinated White House official tested positive for Covid-19. "The White House medical unit has conducted contact tracing, interviews and determined no close contacts among White House principals or staff or the president," Psaki says at a press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
People arrive to attend a test concert of French rock band Indochine and French DJ Etienne de Crecy, aimed at investigating how such events can take place safely amidst the Covid-19 pandemic at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. IMAGES