Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, US' next ambassador to India, tests COVID-19 positive in Glasgow

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is "currently isolating in his hotel room in Glasgow" and has experienced 'very mild symptoms', the newspaper quoted Garcetti's spokesman Alex Comisar as saying.

Glasgow: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, nominated by US President Joe Biden as the country's next ambassador to India, has tested positive for COVID-19 while participating in the UN climate conference here in Scotland. Garcetti's office announced on Twitter that he tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.

"Mayor Garcetti tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today. He is feeling good and isolating in his hotel room. He is fully vaccinated," the office of the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles said in a tweet.

The office of the Mayor of California's largest city and America's second-largest city did not reveal more information immediately.