MADRID – Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tested positive late yesterday for Covid-19, according to Anadolu Agency, citing a statement from the country’s presidency.
The statement said 72-year-old Rebelo de Sousa has shown no coronavirus symptoms so far but will self-isolate at his official residence.
The president had “tested negative yesterday, and although today’s antigen test is negative, it was now known, at 9:40 pm, that the PCR test was positive,” the statement added.
Rebelo de Sousa was quarantined for half a day after the detection of the coronavirus on January 6 in one of his consultants whom he had met on January 4 and continued his official programme with the advice of doctors after the tests were negative.
Rebelo de Sousa, who is a candidate in presidential elections scheduled for January 24, is considered the favourite, according to polls. – Bernama, January 12, 2021
