Argentinian president tests positive for Covid-19 on his birthday
Agencies | Buenos Aires
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Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for Covid-19, he said on Friday night, his birthday, the Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) reported.
"At the end of today, after presenting a temperature of 37.3 [degrees Celsius] and a slight headache I had an antigen test which gave a positive result," Fernandez said in a tweet posted just after midnight (0300 GMT).
The Argentinian president said he was isolating and following protocols while awaiting a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result.
Antigen tests are quicker, but said to be less accurate than PCR tests.
"I am physically well and, although I would have liked to end my birthday without this news, I am also in good spirits," the 62-year-old said in another tweet.
Fernandez has received the Russia-made Sputnik V coronavirus earlier in the year in a Buenos Aires hospital, the presidential office said at the time.
Argentina has recorded some 2.3 million infections so far and over 56,000 deaths in connection with Covid-19.
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