Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou tests positive for Covid

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 and cancelled his trip to the ninth ongoing Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

In a tweet late Monday, the President said: "Due to the trip tomorrow to the Summit of the Americas in the US, I had a PCR today. The result of it was that I am positive for Covid-19.

"As a result of this situation, I must cancel all activities for the next few days."

Debido al viaje en el día de mañana a la Cumbre de las Américas en EEUU, me realicé hoy de un PCR. El resultado del mismo dio que soy positivo del COVID 19. A raíz de esta situación debo cancelar todas las actividades durante los próximos días.

— Luis Lacalle Pou (@LuisLacallePou) June 6, 2022

Lacalle was scheduled to attend the summit from Wednesday to Friday.

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