Former US President Barack Obama announced that tests had confirmed that he was infected with the Corona virus (Covid-19) after the emergence of mild symptoms of the disease, stressing that he was in good condition.
And Obama wrote on Twitter - Sunday - "I just got a positive test result for COVID-19. My throat has been sore for a few days, but other than that I feel fine."
Noting that the test result of his wife, Michelle, was negative.
And the former Democratic president continued, "Michelle and I are grateful that we received the vaccine and that we received a booster dose," calling for the vaccine to be taken even as the number of infections decreased in the United States.
I just tested positive for COVID.
I've had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise.
Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.
It's a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven't already, even as cases go down.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 13, 2022
The number of Covid-19 infections in the United States has decreased noticeably in the past weeks, and the country has recorded about 40,000 infections per day recently, after it witnessed about 700,000 infections at the height of the outbreak of the mutant Omicron in mid-January.
The number of deaths from the virus has also decreased in the United States, and the latest statistics show that the total number of deaths resulting from Covid-19 in the world has exceeded 6 million and 424 thousand.