Tel Aviv [Israel], August 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Minister of Immigration and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement issued by the Israeli parliament spokesperson on Sunday.

"According to a preliminary investigation, the minister was last at the parliament on Wednesday. The parliament will continue the epidemiological investigation, in coordination with the Health Ministry," the statement said.

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At the end of the investigation, the health ministry is supposed to decide which government and parliament members will have to enter home quarantine.

Tamano-Shata is the third Israeli minister who has tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in late February.

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Also on Sunday, it was announced that Walid Taha, a parliament member of the Arab-Israeli party Joint List, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. (ANI/Xinhua)

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