Honduran president Xiomara Castro tests positive for Covid-19

Honduran President Xiomara Castro tested positive for Covid-19, she announced on Sunday. Castro said she only has mild symptoms and will quarantine until she recovers.

“Yesterday’s PCR (#COVID19) was negative, today’s is positive. According to the exams, its mild. With the blessing of the Creator of the universe, I continue to attend to my Government Plan to return to the democratic and constitutional order,” she tweeted.

El resultado del PCR (#COVID19) de ayer, fue negativo, el de hoy es positivo. Según los exámenes es leve. Con la bendición del Creador del universo, sigo atendiendo NO presencial, mi Plan de Gobierno para retornar al orden democrático y Constitucional.

— Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (@XiomaraCastroZ) February 6, 2022

Castro was sworn into office in late January after obtaining 51.12 percent of the votes, becoming the Central American country's first female president.

Manuel Zelaya, Castro’s husband and former president who was ousted from government in 2009, said he had tested positive on January 11.

According to her husband, Castro has two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid-19 cases are rising in Honduras. The Central American country has reported over 40,000 positive cases and more than 10,500 deaths.