THE PHYSICAL Planning, Construction and State Assets Ministry said on Wednesday that Assistant Minister Maja Marija Nahod was positive for coronavirus and that one of her contacts was Minister Darko Horvat, who is self-isolating despite testing negative.

The ministry said Nahod had mild symptoms and that the state secretary at the ministry, Zeljko Uhlir, and another ministry staffer were also self-isolating.

Minister Horvat will be tested again in five days. The result of Uhlir's test will be known today.