05:12 am
Thursday 12 November 2020
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Buenos Aires – (dpa):
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced on Wednesday that he is subject to self-isolation due to close contact with a person infected with the Coronavirus.
Fernandez said, in a tweet on Twitter, that he had been in “close contact” with the Secretary-General of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency Gustavo Blaise, who had tested positive for the virus.
The Argentine president added that the results of a first scan to detect the virus were negative, but he preferred to self-isolate at the presidential residence, “in compliance with the isolation protocols recommended by his doctor and health authorities.”
Fernandes explained that he is “fine” and does not show any symptoms, stressing that preventive isolation is important to stop the spread of infection.
Argentina has so far recorded more than 1.2 million cases of corona and more than 34,000 deaths since the start of the epidemic.
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