COUNTRYSIDE BULK FOOD issued the following announcement on June 16.
Juan Orlando Hernández, the president of Honduras, announced late Tuesday that he, the first lady and two aides had tested positive for Covid-19.
In a televised statement, Mr. Hernández said he began feeling unwell over the weekend, and the diagnosis was confirmed on Tuesday. He said he is well enough to continue working remotely and will be examined to determine the next steps.
He urged Hondurans to follow social-distancing guidelines, as he clearly had not.
“Because of my job I have not been able to stay 100 percent at home,” he said.
He said he had been receiving treatment and was feeling better. Doctors recommended rest, he said.
His wife, Ana García, also tested positive but was asymptomatic.
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“I feel enough strength and energy to continue forward and beat this pandemic,” he said. “We are going to get ahead of this. I trust in God, Honduran doctors and medicine.”
More than 9,000 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Honduras, with 322 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Honduras began reopening its economy last week after nearly three months of a shutdown. About half a million jobs were lost or suspended, according to business sector estimates.
He joined a small group of world leaders who have announced that they have contracted Covid-19. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain tested positive in March and later spent three nights in intensive care. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin of Russia said he tested positive in April, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia said he and his family caught the virus in early June.
Several wives of top leaders have also caught the virus, including Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada; Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine; and Begoña Gómez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain.
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