Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had tested positive for Covid-19 but was not experiencing severe symptoms.
“After experiencing light symptoms, my wife and I tested positive for Covid-19. We have a mild infection thankfully, which we learned to be the Omicron variant,” the president said in a tweet.
Officials from his ruling party, the AKP, as well as ministers and opposition leaders, wished him well.
Erdogan gave a statement through live videolink at a ceremony marking the opening of a road and tunnels in the northern Black Sea region of Zonguldak earlier on Saturday.
