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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Israeli embassy in Germany closed after ambassador, diplomat test positive for coronavirus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Issacharoff, Israel’s ambassador to Germany, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry says.
Aharon Sagi, a diplomat at the embassy in Berlin, also has the virus.
“The two are feeling well and at their homes,” the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
Issacharoff and Sagi were tested after meeting with a member of the Bundestag who tested positive for the virus.
The embassy has now been shuttered and the diplomatic staff sent to home quarantine, according to the ministry.
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