A senior Australian politician tested positive for the new coronavirus and entered hospital quarantine Friday, days after returning from Washington where he met Ivanka Trump and US Attorney General William Barr.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was in the United States last week for a meeting with members of the "FiveEyes" intelligence alliance - Australia, the United States, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand – that included Barr.

He also met with US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka on March 6, according to a photo posted by the Australian embassy in Washington, which shows the pair standing close together.

It is not yet known when Dutton contracted the virus.