President of Argentina, previously vaccinated, tests positive for Covid-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, who turned 62 years old this Friday and had already been vaccinated against Covid-19, confirmed this Saturday (03.04.2021) that he tested positive in an antigen test, pending confirmation of the result of the PCR test.

“I wanted to tell you that at the end of today, after presenting a fever of 37.3 and a slight headache, I took an antigen test whose result was positive,” the president wrote on his Twitter account early Saturday morning.

“Although we are waiting for the confirmation through the PCR test, I am already isolated, complying with the current protocol and following the indications of my personal doctor,” remarked Fernandez, who on January 21 received the first dose of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine and was inoculated with the second dose on February 11.

“I have contacted the people I have been meeting within the last 48 hours to evaluate whether they constitute a close contact for them to make the isolation,” Fernandez said.

Argentina is facing a second wave of coronavirus with a sustained escalation of contagions. According to official data, the South American country of 44 million inhabitants has accumulated more than 2.3 million infections and 56,023 deaths due to Covid-19.

mg (efe, afp, Clarín)