Bulgaria says official who tested positive for covid-19 attended EU summit

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European Council President Charles Michel (2nd L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd R), French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd R), and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) meet on the sidelines of an EU summit on a coronavirus recovery package at the European Council building in Brussels on July 18, 2020 (Photo by Francisco Seco / POOL / AFP)

The head of the political office of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Denitsa Zheleva, who had tested positive for coronavirus late on Thursday, was on the Balkan country’s team at the EU summit earlier this week, a government spokeswoman said on Friday.

The delegation returned to Bulgaria on Tuesday afternoon.

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