Global report: Bolivia's president and Venezuela's Socialist party leader test positive for Covid-19
by Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent and agenc from on (#55HTY)
Announcements come after Brazil's president tested positive; South Africa records highest one-day case increase; Australia to limit incoming travellers
Two more leading Latin American politicians - from Bolivia and Venezuela - have said they have tested positive for Covid-19 in the same week Brazil's president announced he had contracted coronavirus.
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's number two official and the leader of the Socialist party, announced his diagnosis on social media on Thursday evening and said he was in self-isolation. We will prevail!!" tweeted the influential Chavista.
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