johannesburgSouth Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has been found infected with Coronavirus, after which he is being treated. They have mild symptoms of infection. His office gave this information on Sunday. President Ramaphosa has been found infected on a day when a daily record 37,875 new cases of infection have been reported in the country, compared to 17,154 a day earlier.
Minister Mondali Gungubele said in a statement that President Ramaphosa began to feel unwell after he pulled out of an event in honor of former Vice President FW de Klerk earlier in the day. He said the president is fine and that the South African Health Service of the South African National Defense Force is monitoring his health.
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He told that the President has been vaccinated and is in isolation in Cape Town and has handed over all the responsibilities till next week to Vice President David Mabuza. The minister said that President Ramaphosa has cautioned people to take their vaccine dose and take precautions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted wishing him a speedy recovery. “Wishing my friend Cyril Ramaphosa a speedy recovery,” he said in a tweet.
People who came in contact with Ramaphosa on Sunday have been advised for a COVID-19 test. Ramaphosa was to be given important information from the Corona Command Council at the end of this week as cases of infection are increasing rapidly in the fourth wave of the epidemic in the country and Omicron, a form of corona virus, is believed to be the reason behind this. The identification was made for the first time in South Africa three weeks ago.