Norway king ill after meeting virus-positive minister

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Norway's 84-year-old King Harald V will take a few days off with cold symptoms, the palace said, a day after meeting with Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt who later tested positive for the coronavirus.

The royal household, according to Reuters, said that all necessary examinations and tests will be carried out and that his son and heir, Crown Prince Haakon, has taken over his fathers duties.

In a statement to the Norwegian news agency NTB, Huitfeldt said that I sincerely hope that I have not infected King Harald, Queen Sonja or Crown Prince Haakon and wished the monarch good recovery.

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