Rebelo de sousa, President of Portugal

Lisbon, Jan 12 Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a long list of world leaders to be infected with the disease.In the statement issued late Monday night, the Portuguese Presidency said that Rebelo de Sousa had "tested negative yesterday, and although today's antigen test is negative, it was now known, at 9.40 p.m., that the PCR test was positive", Xinhua news agency reported.The 72-year-old, who is asymptomatic, has informed the country's Parliament President, prime minister and minister of health of hs diagnosis, the statement said.It added that Rebelo de Sousa is working at the Belem Presidential Palace and will be in isolation at the residential area.He has cancelled his entire agenda for the next few days, the Presidency added.Following his diagnosis, Rebelo de Sousa joined a list of world leaders who tested positive for the virus, including French President Emmanuel Macron (December 2020), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (March), Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (June), Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez (June), Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez (July), Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei (September) and US President Donald Trump (October).( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

Rebelo De SousaFOLLOW

Rebelo de sousa, Latest News

International :Portuguese Prez wins re-election in landslide victory

Lisbon, Jan 25 Incumbent Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been re-elected after securing a landslide victory ... ...

International :Portugal polls on Jan 24 despite lockdown: Prez

Lisbon, Jan 21 Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has confirmed the holding of presidential elections on January ... ...

International :Record number of Portuguese takes part in early voting for presidential election

Almost 250,000 voters Sunday took part in the early vote for Portugal's presidential election scheduled to be held next weekend, according to the Ministry of Internal Administration. ...

International :Portuguese President says indebtedness 'inevitable'

Lisbon, Jan 15 Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said here that an increase in his country's indebtedness ... ...

Health :Portugal Prez tests positive for Covid-19

Lisbon, Jan 12 Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a ... ...