JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s 69-year-old President Cyril Ramaphosa examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Sunday, although is exhibiting solely gentle symptoms, the presidency stated.
“The President began feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honour of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier right now,” the assertion added.
At the memorial service, a mask-wearing Ramaphosa gave a eulogy to the final chief of South Africa’s white minority authorities, who helped negotiate an finish it.
“The President, who’s absolutely vaccinated, is in self-isolation in Cape Town and has delegated all tasks to Deputy President David Mabuza for the subsequent week,” the presidency added.
In the previous few days, a nationwide outbreak believed to be linked to the brand new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been infecting round 20,000 individuals a day. South African scientists see no signal that the variant causes extra extreme sickness.
(Reporting by Tim Cocks, Editing by William Maclean and Pravin Char)
