“My best wishes and a speedy recovery to the President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso. My prayers are with you and his family,” Abdo Benítez posted on his Twitter account.
The Minister of Health of Ecuador, Ximena Garzón, confirmed this Thursday that Lasso, who was diagnosed with covid on Wednesday, develops mild symptoms of the disease.
The official recalled that the government official has held a series of meetings with people from different sectors in recent days as part of the protests over the cost of living, led by the indigenous movement, which began on Monday, June 13.
Last January, Abdo Benítez contracted covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare reported at the time.
The Health office made the announcement on Twitter and indicated that the president had “mild symptoms.”
As a result of the virus, the president did not attend the III Presidential Summit of the Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Prosur) last January, which took place in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias.
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