Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, said on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after recently returning from state visits to South Africa and Kenya.
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for Covid-19, days after returning from an official visit to South Africa and Kenya.
“Usually I feel ok but my doctors advised me to self-isolate until I am symptom-free,” Lee said on Monday in a Facebook post. “They also prescribed me Paxlovid, an antiviral drug, because of my age.”
Lee is 71-years-old and has served as prime minister of the Southeast Asian city-state since 2004. He will be in South Africa and Kenya May 14-19, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Singapore is coming off an April peak in Covid-19 infections.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on May 9 that almost half of Singaporeans aged 60 and over are continuing to update their Covid-19 vaccinations, up from 58% at the start of 2023 .