Honduras president and first lady test positive for coronavirus

17 June 2020, 3:36 pm

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Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, the Central American leader says late Tuesday in a television message.

Hernández says that over the weekend he began feeling some discomfort and on Tuesday received the test results.

He says it was part of the risk that comes with the job. With his responsibilities, he says, he could not stay at home constantly.

Hernández says his symptoms are light and that he’s already starting to feel better. He says he had started what he called the “MAIZ treatment,” which stands for microdacyn, azithromycin, ivermectin and zinc.

He says his wife is asymptomatic and two other people who work with them are also infected.

— AP