U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry tested positive for COVID-19 in the final hours of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, the State Department said on Friday, as tough negotiations for a final deal headed into overtime.
Kerry had been conducting bilateral meetings, including recently with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua, and was expected to use his trademark shuttle diplomacy to help bridge wide differences in the last hours of the summit.
Kerry had held a three-hour closed-door meeting with Xie on Thursday evening, after public appearances and meetings with other counterparts earlier in the day, including from the European Union, Canada, the United Arab Emirates. During past UN climate summits, the final days of negotiations have been marked by a flurry of in-person meetings between high-level officials before a deal is agreed.The United States and China, the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters, had resumed cooperation on climate change earlier this week after a months-long hiatus caused by tensions over Taiwan.
"I remain committed to bring this conference to a close tomorrow in an orderly manner, with the adoption of a series of consensus decisions that will be comprehensive, ambitious, and balanced," COP27 President Sameh Shoukry told reporters.
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