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Blinken cuts short Asia trip due to reporter testing positive for Covid-19
Blinken will no longer have meetings and events scheduled in Thailand, which were supposed to begin Thursday morning, and will instead return to the United States.
State Department spokesman Ned Price announced on Wednesday that the individual tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and did not continue to travel with Blinken.
Blinken and his senior staff tested negative for Covid-19 on Tuesday night.
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