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SYRIZA leader Tsipras tests positive for coronavirus

He has mild symptoms

Newsroom January 9 03:08

Former PM and leader of main opposition party SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras was diagnosed positive for the coronavirus, in a molecular test that was submitted on Saturday night.

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According to a post on Twitter by the president of SYRIZA, he has mild symptoms, while both his partner Betty Baziana and their children are negative.

Specifically, he tweeted: “In a preventive molecular test I was positive last night. Fortunately, Betty and the kids are negative. I have mild symptoms so far and I hope to be healthy soon.”

PM Mitsotakis wished him a fast recovery via Twitter.

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