Argentine President Tests Positive for Covid-19

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April 3rd, 5:35am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez opens his arms at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, announced late Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. "At the end of today, after presenting a fever of 37.3 and a slight headache, I performed an antigen test, which was positive," he tweeted, adding he was waiting for the results of a PCR test to confirm the diagnosis. The president, who turned 62 on Friday, was in isolation as a precaution but said he was "physically well." "Although I would have liked to end my birthday without this news, I am also in good spirits," he said. Fernandez was inoculated with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine and had his second shot on February 11, sources in the presidency told AFP. Argentina is facing a second wave of the coronavirus with a sustained rise in cases. The South American country of 44 million inhabitants has recorded more than 2.3 million infections and over 55,000 deaths from Covid-19.

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