Bulgarian president self-isolates after wife tests positive for COVID-19

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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has been in self-isolation after his wife Desislava Radeva has tested positive for COVID-19, the press office of the president said in a statement on Wednesday.

Radeva is in good general condition, the statement said.

"The president is in good health and his coronavirus test today was negative," the statement said.

The president has canceled the meetings scheduled for the next few days, it added.

Radev has self-isolated for the second time since the beginning of this year. On January 11, he did so because Parliament Speaker Nikola Minchev tested positive for COVID-19 hours after a meeting of the country's Consultative Council on National Security where Radev also participated.

A total of 963,108 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Bulgaria so far, including 11,143 in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.

(CGTN)