BBC Online :
Polish President Andrzej Duda has contracted Covid-19 but is feeling “fine”, a presidential minister says.
Mr Duda, 48, was tested on Friday and found to be positive, Blazej Spychalski announced on Saturday.
He joins a handful of world leaders who have caught the virus, among them US President Donald Trump and UK PM Boris Johnson.
Poland faces a surge in the coronavirus pandemic, with a daily record of more than 13,600 new cases on Friday.
The country has now entered a nationwide “red zone” lockdown that includes the partial closure of primary schools and restaurants.
While it is unclear when Mr Duda contracted the virus, he had attended an event in Tallinn on Monday where he met Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who later went into quarantine.
“[Mr Duda] yesterday was tested for the presence of coronavirus,” Mr Spychalski said on Twitter on Saturday.
“The result turned out to be positive.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has contracted Covid-19 but is feeling “fine”, a presidential minister says.
Mr Duda, 48, was tested on Friday and found to be positive, Blazej Spychalski announced on Saturday.
He joins a handful of world leaders who have caught the virus, among them US President Donald Trump and UK PM Boris Johnson.
Poland faces a surge in the coronavirus pandemic, with a daily record of more than 13,600 new cases on Friday.
The country has now entered a nationwide “red zone” lockdown that includes the partial closure of primary schools and restaurants.
While it is unclear when Mr Duda contracted the virus, he had attended an event in Tallinn on Monday where he met Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who later went into quarantine.
“[Mr Duda] yesterday was tested for the presence of coronavirus,” Mr Spychalski said on Twitter on Saturday.
“The result turned out to be positive.
