Peter Dutton has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

Minister for Home Affairs of Australia Peter Dutton speaking in Washington, before his COVID-19 diagnosis. Source: EPA

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been admitted to a Queensland hospital after testing positive to coronavirus. 

"This morning I woke up with a temperature and sore throat," he said in a statement issued on Friday afternoon.

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