Jeremy 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.
Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff on March 20, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
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