Argentine President Alberto Fernandes, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, said on Friday evening, April 2, that his Covid-19 test was positive.
“At the end of the day, after I had a temperature of 37.3 degrees and had a minor headache, I had an antigen test, which was positive,” the president said on Twitter, noting that polymerase chain reactions (PCR) were still pending. ) test result to confirm the diagnosis.
Antigen tests are faster, but also considered less accurate than PCR tests.
The president isolated himself as a precaution, but said he was feeling well physically.
“Although I would like to end my birthday without this message, I am also in a good mood,” Fernandes said. He was 62 years old on Friday.
Fernandess received the second dose of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” on February 11, sources told the AFP news agency.
In Argentina, the second wave of the coronavirus is currently continuing and the number of infections is rising.
In a country with a population of 44 million, more than 2.3 million cases of coronavirus infection and more than 55,000 deaths related to Covid-19 have been confirmed.
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