Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s Prime Minister, stated Monday he has actually checked favorable for Covid-19 after just recently returning from state check outs to South Africa and Kenya.
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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has actually checked favorable for Covid-19, days after returning from main check outs to South Africa and Kenya.
“I am generally feeling ok but my doctors have advised me to self-isolate until I am asymptomatic,” Lee stated Monday in a Facebook post. “They have also prescribed me Paxlovid, an antiviral medication, because of my age.”
Lee is 71- years-old and has actually been working as prime minister of the Southeast Asian city-state because2004 He remained in South Africa and Kenya May 14-19, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Singapore is coming off an April peak in Covid-19 infections.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung stated May 9 that just about half of individuals in Singapore aged 60 and above have actually kept current with their Covid-19 vaccinations, below 58% at the start of 2023.
