Covid-19: Ecuadoran president tests positive

Covid-19: Ecuadoran president tests positive
President of Ecuador tests positive for COVID-19

QUITO, June 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso has tested positive for COVID-19, the General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency said.

Lasso has no symptoms thanks to being vaccinated and he is “working for the country and for peace,” it said.

According to the Ecuadorian Health Ministry, since Ecuador’s national vaccination plan was initiated in January 2021, around 14 million people in the country have completed their two-dose vaccination.

So far, the Latin American country has registered nearly 900,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases with over 35,000 deaths. — NNN-XINHUA

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