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Eugene

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Thu Jun 11, 2020, 02:50 PM Jun 2020

Leading Dominican Republic presidential candidate has coronavirus

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JUNE 11, 2020 / 2:27 PM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO

Leading Dominican Republic presidential candidate has coronavirus

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Just three-and-a-half weeks away from the Dominican Republic’s presidential election, leading candidate Luis Abinader said he and his wife had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The country is one of the worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the Caribbean and Latin America, with 1 out of every 500 people infected, and remains in a state of emergency.

Still, presidential and legislative elections are set to go ahead on July 5, after being postponed from the original date of May 16 due to the outbreak. Some 7.5 million Dominicans are expected to cast their ballot at home and abroad.

“Be tranquil because with God’s grace we will recover quickly,” Abinader, 52, said on his social media accounts late on Wednesday.

The leader of the opposition social democratic Modern Revolutionary Party said his doctors had forecast a rapid recovery given he was not a high risk patient, adding that he and his wife were self isolating at home.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-dominicanrepublic/leading-dominican-republic-presidential-candidate-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN23I309
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