Washington, November 18 United States Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, tested positive for covid-19 during his stay in Egypt on the occasion of his participation in the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, COP27, in the city of Sharm the sheikh, his spokesman said on Friday.
The former secretary of state “suffers from mild symptoms,” his spokeswoman, Whitney Smith, said in a statement, adding that he was self-isolating.
Nonetheless, Smith assured that the special envoy, who has received the complete guidelines for the covid-29 vaccine, “is working by telephone with his negotiating team and his foreign interlocutors to ensure a positive outcome of COP27”, which it has already entered its final stretch.
Kerry contracted covid three days after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tested positive, though it’s unclear whether he caught the virus during the summit in Egypt or during a previous visit to the UK.
Following strict anti-covid protocols and vaccination requirements at last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, this year’s conference organizers “strongly encouraged” vaccination but did not require proof of immunization or a test. place where the meeting takes place.
When asked about the possibility that US President Joe Biden was infected, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press conference that the president, who was in Bali (Indonesia) this week at the G-20 meeting , after stopping in Sharm el Sheikh, has not been in close contact with Kerry. EFE extension
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