The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, has communicated this Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, so he must be confined to his home. With him there are already three members of the Government who remain isolated when contracting the infection, after the positives of the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, and the head of Science, Diana Morant.
Garzón has indicated this Sunday through his Twitter account that he is “well” and that he will continue working from home, although he will have to cancel his agenda of events and meetings. In the same message, the Minister of Consumption has taken the opportunity to claim Public Health as “our greatest protection as a country”.
I have tested positive for COVID-19. I feel fine and will continue to work from home, although I am forced to cancel my schedule of events and meetings.
Public Health is our greatest protection as a country. I want to thank all the people who take care of us.
– Alberto Garzón🔻 (@agarzon) January 23, 2022
Science Minister Diana Morant also tested positive for COVID-19. In his case, it was last Wednesday and, like Garzón, he is working from home until he complies with the isolation required by the health protocol. “Fortunately, I have the full course of the vaccine and my symptoms are mild,” he explained.
I just tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I have the full schedule of the vaccine and my symptoms are mild.
I am confined at home, from where I will continue working in the coming days.
Be careful and take good care of yourselves.
— Diana Morant (@DianaMorantR) January 18, 2022
The second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, has also been forced to cancel her public agent scheduled for the week ending this Sunday. The also Minister of Labor took a test with a positive result on Monday, so she could return this Monday to resume her usual activity.
After taking a test today I have tested positive for COVID-19. I feel fine, with mild symptoms.
I will postpone my scheduled public agenda for the next few days and continue working from confinement.
Take care of yourselves 💜
– Yolanda Diaz (@Yolanda_Diaz_) January 18, 2022
The Interterritorial Council of the National Health System agreed at the end of December to reduce the isolation of confirmed asymptomatic cases or with mild symptoms, such as those of the ministers, to seven days. It did, however, establish the need for at least three days to pass without symptoms.
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