President Halimah Yacob has announced on Facebook that she has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing mild flu-like symptoms.
“Thankfully, I have been vaccinated and boosted,” she said on Monday evening. “I hope to recover soon and am sorry to have to miss the events this week,” she was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Also on Monday evening, Singapore's Speaker of Parliament, Tan Chuan-Jin, said he tested positive for Covid-19.
“All good things must come to an end. My Covid-free days are over,” he wrote in his Facebook post.
Local media claimed on June 19 that Heng Swee Keat had tested positive for Covid-19 while in Germany.
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