Mozambique President, First Lady isolated after testing positive for Covid-19
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- 04 Jan 2022
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Mozambique President and the First Lady are in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19, the press office of the presidency confirmed in a statement issued late Monday.
As of Monday, Mozambique had recorded 193,371 Covid-19 cases, 2,031 deaths and 158,680 recoveries. Meanwhile, 457 people are quarantined.
“President Filipe Nyusi, and his wife, Isaura Nyusi are infected by coronavirus. Even (though) asymptomatic and waiting for the definitive results of PCR tests, they are in isolation in compliance with the health guidelines in force in the country,” the presidency said.
"My wife and I tested positive for Covid-19 in quick tests that we decided to do after several activities we've done over the past few days."
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Last month, the country´s health minister confirmed that Mozambique had recorded 17 cases of the Omicron variant.
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