by Eduardo Simões
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), leader in polls for voting intentions for the October presidential election, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, has no symptoms and will begin a period of isolation. house, informed the ex-president’s team on Lula’s official Twitter account.
Lula’s wife, Rosângela Silva, also tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms, added the PT’s team.
“Former President @LulaOficial and his wife @JanjaLula were diagnosed today with Covid19. Both are well, the former president is asymptomatic and Janja has mild symptoms. They will be in isolation and medical follow-up in the coming days”, says the publication on the social network, accompanied by a photo of a note from cardiologist Roberto Kalil Filho, Lula’s personal physician, informing the former president’s diagnosis.
In early April, Lula, who is 76 years old, said on his Twitter account that he took the fourth dose of the Covid vaccine, Janssen’s immunizer as a booster dose. At the time, she also claimed to have had a medical check-up and, according to her, “the doctor told me not to say that I have 30 energy anymore, but 25 years energy”.
With a positive diagnosis for the disease, Lula canceled all pre-campaign commitments for the next few days.
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