Barnaby Joyce, Australia’s deputy PM, tests positive for Covid while visiting US

Deputy prime minister is experiencing mild symptoms and will remain in isolation until further advice

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Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has tested positive to Covid-19 while on a visit to the United States.

The government says Joyce - who was in London earlier this week and met with the British justice secretary Dominic Raab and the Australian high commissioner to the UK, George Brandis - will isolate in the US until it is safe for him to return to Australia.