Cara Anna - The Associated Press
US President Donald Trump recently announced that he contracted COVID-19, joining the group of world leaders who have suffered from the disease caused by the virus.
The president is 74 years old, so he belongs to the segment of the population that runs a greater risk of suffering serious complications.
Here we recall the cases of other important political figures who were also infected with COVID-19.
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, tests positive for COVID-19
March 27, 202000: 28
Boris johnson
The UK Prime Minister was the first major leader to confirm that he had COVID-19.
In April, he
was transferred to the intensive care unit of a hospital when his symptoms worsened drastically
, a day after being admitted for what were said to be routine tests.
His government officials said that although he received oxygen treatment, he did not require intubation on a ventilator.
Afterward, Johnson thanked the National Health Service staff for saving his life when his treatment could have "gone anyway."
"I'm fine," says the president of Brazil, after announcing that he has coronavirus
July 7, 202001: 34
Jair bolsonaro
The president of Brazil announced his illness in July and used it to publicly praise hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that had been touted as an effective treatment, and that he himself was taking, although it has not been proven in the case of COVID. -19.
Trump has also encouraged the use of that drug.
For months, Bolsonaro took a chance on the virus as he
ignored social distance amid crowded demonstrations and roused crowds on their way out of the presidential residence
, often without wearing masks.
The president of Honduras will continue his functions via "teleworking" after testing positive for COVID-19
June 17, 202001: 13
Juan Orlando Hernandez
The Honduran president announced his positive in June, along with two other people who worked closely with him.
Hernández said he had started what he called the "MAIZ treatment," an experimental and unproven combination of microdacin, azithromycin, ivermectin and zinc.
He spent a brief stay in the hospital and was discharged.
He has added his voice to the growing calls for equitable access to any vaccine against COVID-19,
and at the last United Nations General Assembly he asked: "Are people going to be allowed to die?"
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Alexander Lukashenko
The Belarusian president, who downplayed concerns about the virus calling them "psychosis" and recommended drinking vodka to stay healthy, said in July that he had contracted the virus but was asymptomatic.
Belarus is one of the few countries that did not take widespread action against the pandemic.
Among the high officials of former Soviet republics infected
are the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and that of Russia, Mikhail Mishustin.
Alexander Giammattei
The Guatemalan president announced that it was positive in September.
"My symptoms are very mild, so far I have body pain, it hurt more yesterday than today, like a good flu, my back hurts," he explained during a televised speech.
"I don't have a fever, I have a little cough," he added, explaining that he will work from home.
Jeanine Añez
The interim president of Bolivia was infected in early July, so she isolated herself although she said she felt fine.
Luis Abinader
Like Trump, the president of the Dominican Republic also contracted the disease during his campaign and spent weeks in isolation before the general elections, in July, in which he was victorious.
Albert II of Monaco
In March, the palace of Monaco said in March that the monarch of the small Mediterranean principality had tested positive for the virus but that his health was not worrying.
He was the first head of state to publicly announce his illness.
Iran
Iran, the epicenter of the first coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has seen several of its most influential officials catch it,
including Vice Presidents Eshaq Jahangiri and Massoumeh Ebtekar.
Several members of the cabinet also tested positive.
India
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, 71, recently tested positive but his office said he had no symptoms and was isolated at home.
Interior Minister Amit Shah, the second most powerful official in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, was hospitalized for COVID-19 last month and has recovered.
The death of the head of the Department of Railways, Suresh Angadi, last week, was the first of a federal minister due to the coronavirus.
Israel
The then Health Minister Yaakov Litzman contracted the coronavirus in April and recovered.
Litzman is a leader of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox community, which has registered a
high level of infections because many of its members defied restrictions on religious gatherings
.
Jerusalem Minister Rafi Peretz tested positive in the summer, during a spike in cases across the country, and he's recovered.
South Africa
The ministers of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, and Labor, Thulas Nxesi, were infected coinciding with the increase in positives in June and July.
South Sudan
The vice president, Riek Machar, was one of several members of the government who contracted the disease.
Gambia
The vice president, Isatou Touray, tested positive in July, as did the ministers of Finance, Energy and Agriculture.
Guinea-Bissau
In April, Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam said he had tested positive for COVID-19.