South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positive for Covid-19

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and began treatment, suffering from mild symptoms of the disease. Mr. Ramaphosa, 69 and vaccinated, began to feel "ill" after leaving the official ceremony in Cape Town in the middle of the day in tribute to former President Frederik de Klerk, who died in November, the presidency said in a communicated late in the evening. The head of state wore a black mask during the ceremony which gathered around 200 people in a church in the city, except when he delivered the eulogy. "The President, who is fully immunized, has isolated himself in Cape Town and has delegated all his responsibilities to Vice President David Mabuza for the next week," the president's office added, adding that the ceremony took place in the compliance with health rules. People who had been in contact with Mr Ramaphosa were, however, urged to watch for symptoms or get tested. The Head of State is monitored by the army health services. For the moment, no information has been communicated specifying whether he had been contaminated by the new Omicron variant detected in November in South Africa. The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as well as the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the African Union (Africa CDC) John Nkengasong wished him "a speedy recovery". Omicron is now the source of the vast majority of contamination in the southern African country, which has seen an exponential increase in cases since its appearance. However, hospitalizations remain quite low.

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