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Singapore President Halimah Yacob tests positive for Covid-19
Singaporean President Halimah Yacob declared on Facebook that she was just tested positive for Covid with mild flu-like symptoms, the We For News reported.
“Thankfully, I have been vaccinated and boosted,” she said on Monday evening (July 4).
“I hope to recover soon and am sorry to have to miss the events this week,” Halimah Yacob was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Also on Monday evening, Singapore’s Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin also said that he was tested positive for Covid-19.
He wrote in his Facebook post: “All good things must come to an end. My Covid-free days are over.”
Local media reported on June 19 that Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat had tested positive for Covid-19 while in Germany.
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Halimah Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as the eighth president of Singapore since 2017.
Prior to her presidency, she was the country's parliament speaker. She is also the first and only female president in Singapore's history.
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