(ANSA) - ROME, 12 DEC - South African president CyrilRamaphosa tested positive for Covid.
The presidency said so, specifying that Ramaphosa accuses only 'symptoms and reliefs'.
"The president began to feel unwell after leaving the function in memory of Vice President FW De Klerk in Cape Town. The president, who has completed the cycle vaccination, is in solitary confinement and has delegated all responsibility to his deputy David Mabuza for the whole next week. ", says the statement, quoted by the Guardian.
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been identified for the first time in South Africa.
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