The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has communicated that both Minister Evarist Bartolo and Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi have been both subject to health assessment by the Superintendence for Public Health and “after checking all the precautions taken, it was established that they were not at risk” following exposure assessment and no close contact.
Thus, it was also advised that neither one of them had to go into mandatory quarantine.
The Minister and Parliamentary Secretary have both been swabbed and tested negative for COVID-19.