Former US President Barack Obama Tests Positive for COVID-19, Urges Americans to Get Vaccinated

© REUTERS / MARCO BELLOFILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.03.2022
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While many parts of the US have rolled back COVID-19 mitigation mandates, the contagious disease still accounts for a steep percentage of deaths, when compared to other seasonal respiratory viruses such as the flu.
Former US President Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19, the two-term commander-in-chief revealed Sunday. It remains unclear whether he is presently in isolation.
His wife, the former first lady, Michelle Obama, tested negative for the contagious disease.

"I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise," Obama said in a Sunday afternoon tweet. "Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative."

Obama emphasized that his diagnosis serve as a reminder for Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Former US President Donald Trump was reportedly hospitalized in October 2020 after testing positive for COVID-19. According to the New York Times, many believed the then-US president would be put on a ventilator, as Trump's blood oxygen levels were reported to have dipped. Trump reportedly has a lung condition linked to pneumonia.
The US has logged more than 967,500 COVID-19-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, and has recorded over 79.5 million cases of the contagious disease.
On Thursday, March 10, the number of hospitalized COVID-19-positive Americans fell below 30,000 for the first time since July 2021.
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