President George Vella and his wife have found themselves in quarantine after a person they had contact with in recent days tested positive for Covid-19.

The President’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that they had had contact with somebody on Monday who today tested positive for the virus.

Vella’s office said that both the President and his wife had tested negative for the virus, will still be in isolation as a precautionary measure.

The office said that arrangements had been made so that the President’s engagements are either shifted to different dates, or will go ahead without him.