Hoekstra already reported on Wednesday that one of his children had a positive self-test. “Other family members tested negative. I will be quarantined as a precaution pending his PCR test,” Hoekstra said on Wednesday morning. However, Hoekstra himself also received a positive test result on Wednesday evening. “I will be working from home for the next few days. Fortunately I have no complaints.”
The CDA minister was still traveling a day before his positive test result. For example, in Brussels he met the High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell. He also spoke with the Belgian minister Sophie Wilmès.
In addition to Hoekstra, Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag has been in quarantine for some time because of a corona infection. As a result, the D66 minister could not be physically present at the swearing in of the new Rutte IV cabinet.