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Portugal PM Costa self-isolating after Macron contact

LISBON: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa went into self-isolation on Thursday, a day after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said.
It said Costa has shown no symptoms and underwent a test for the virus Thursday morning. He will remain in quarantine until health authorities can determine “his level of risk”.
The prime minister, who attended a lunch with Macron in Paris on Wednesday, has cancelled all immediate events on his calendar. These include visits from Friday to Sao Tome and Principe and to Guinea-Bissau, two former Portuguese colonies in Africa, the office said in a statement.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.