Turkish president tests positive for COVID-19

[riversedge]

Source: the hill




By Lexi Lonas - 02/05/22 10:49 AM EST
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“Today, the result of our COVID-19 test, which I had with my wife after mild symptoms, was positive. Thankfully, we have a mild illness, which we learned to be an Omicron variant,” Erdoğan said in a tweet Saturday.

“We are on our mission. We will continue our work at home. We look forward to your prayers,” he added.

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Rumors and speculation surrounding the president's well-being have been the cause of controversy in the past, with officials launching investigations against social media users who've questioned the leader’s health, the AP noted.

Turkey is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases, with the Health Ministry recording 111,157 cases and 248 deaths on Friday. ..........................

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/592974-turkish-president-tests-positive-for-covid-19?rl=1

[niyad]

1. Rooting for the virus?

[seta1950]

7. Me too

Go omicron!

[cadoman]

2. no prayers from me

I'm still bitter that Whoopi's 'vid wasn't LBN worthy.

I'll never forgive it. Never.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. I hope he's an antivaxxer!

[SunSeeker]

4. He's vaccinated. That's why his symptoms are mild.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-05/turkish-president-erdogan-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Pity it's not less trivial. nt

[Roy Rolling]

6. "We are on our mission"

WTF does that mean?