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Latvian President, Egils Levits has tested positive for the Coronavirus, his office announced on Thursday.
The positive result was returned by a rapid test taken by Levits on Wednesday evening after coming back from a working visit to Sweden.
A PCR test will now be carried out, said a spokesperson.
Levits had postponed his scheduled meeting with Estonia’s new president Alar Karis on Thursday, who is in Riga for his inaugural visit to the neighbouring Baltic state.
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Karis is instead expected to meet with the Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Inara Murniece.
