Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura have tested positive for COVID-19 and have gone into voluntary self-isolation, his office said late on Monday.
In a statement, the presidency said Nyusi and his wife took rapid tests and were asymptomatic but have decided to go into isolation.
“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.
News about the positive COVID-19 test results for the Mozambican first couple came as the country has lately witnessed a surge in the number cases of people infected with the virus.
Latest figures show Mozambique had, as of Monday, recorded over 193,300 COVID-19 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since April 2020 when the first cases of the virus were recorded in the country.
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