LATEST: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for 'mild COVID-19 symptoms' after testing positive for the virus, his office says.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for"mild COVID-19 symptoms" after testing positive for the virus on Sunday, his office said in a statement.
Ramaphosa is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service. He has delegated all his responsibilities to Deputy President David Mabuza for the next week, his office said.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a state memorial service for Frederik Willem de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid president and a Nobel laureate, at the Groote Kerk church in Cape Town on Dec. 12, 2021.
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