Turkey’s President Erdogan Tests Positive for COVID-19

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience as he attends a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

“The result of our COVID-19 tests done after showing mild symptoms with my wife came back positive. Thank god we are going through Omicron variant of the disease mildly,” Erdogan said in a tweet, shortly after addressing a rally in Black Sea Province of Zonguldak via video conference.