Ukraine: ex-president Poroshenko tested positive for Covid-19

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Tuesday, September 29, that he had tested positive for Covid-19 against the backdrop of a worsening epidemic situation in his country.

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" wrote on Twitter Petro Poroshenko, 55, who suffers from diabetes, potentially increasing the risk of severe symptoms and complications when one has contracted this disease. disease.

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Petro Poroshenko also said that he was treating himself "

" and having had to cancel his regional trips in the middle of the campaign for the local elections of October 25 for which his pro-Western European Solidarity party is in the running.

For the moment, the one who is one of the richest men in Ukraine and who led this former Soviet republic from 2014 to 2019, "

" one of his spokespersons told AFP.

Ukraine is facing an accelerated spread of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus with around 3,000 new cases recorded per day compared to some 800 in July.

To date, more than 204,000 cases of Covid-19 including 3,627 fatalities have been identified in this country of approximately 40 million inhabitants located at the gates of the European Union.