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Argentine president tests positive for Covid-19
BUENOS AIRES, April 4, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – 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 (99 Fahrenheit) and
a slight headache, I performed an antigen test, which was positive,” he
tweeted.
A PCR test later confirmed 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.
On Saturday he told Radio 750 that he has “no idea how I got infected.”
“I am someone who takes very good care of myself. If it were not for the
vaccine, I would be having a very bad time,” 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 45 million inhabitants has recorded more than
2.3 million infections and over 56,000 deaths from Covid-19.
More than 4.1 million people there had been vaccinated as of Saturday.
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