German finance minister tests positive for COVID

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have tested positive for COVID-19, ministry sources said on Monday, Report informs via DW.

Lindner's in-person appointments have been cleared for the coming days but he will continue to work from home, sources close to the minster told dpa on Monday evening.

Lindner was said to have mild flu symptoms.

A German Defence Ministry spokesman said earlier that Defense Minister Boris Pistorius had Covid-19 and that he would be unable to attend a meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany on Tuesday.