{"id":44974,"date":"2021-12-13T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-wishes-speedy-recovery-to-his-counterpart-of-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T02:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T02:07:40","slug":"kagame-wishes-speedy-recovery-to-his-counterpart-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-wishes-speedy-recovery-to-his-counterpart-of-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame wishes speedy recovery to his counterpart of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBest wishes to my brother President Cyril Ramaphosa for quick recovery,\u201d he tweeted.  <\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday 12th December 2021 is in self-isolation in Cape Town where he is receiving treatment for mild Covid-19 symptoms.  <\/p>\n<p>The statement released by the office of the presidency reads that Ramaphosa has delegated all responsibilities to Deputy President David Mabuza for the next week.<\/p>\n<p>The President started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier today,&#8221; the presidency statement said.<\/p>\n<p>He is however &#8220;in good spirits&#8221; and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service of the South African National Defence Force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Ramaphosa says his own infection serves as a caution to all people in the country to be vaccinated and remain vigilant against exposure. Vaccination remains the best protection against severe illness and hospitalization,&#8221; adds the statement. <\/p>\n<p>South Africa is among southern Africa countries where the new COVID-19 Omicron variant was reported recently.  <\/p>\n<p>According to CNN&#8217;s global vaccine tracker, over 25% of the country has been fully vaccinated, with an additional 5% partially vaccinated. <\/p>\n<p>On his recent visit to four West African states, President Ramaphosa and the South African delegation were tested for COVID-19 in all countries.<\/p>\n<p>The President and the delegation returned to South Africa from the Republic of Senegal on Wednesday, 8 December 2021, after obtaining negative test results. The President also tested negative on his return to Johannesburg on 8th December.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa has via twitter handle thanked South Africans for their good wishes and warned citizens to remain vigilant in the fight against the virus. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40352 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kagame_yifur07e3-e38ac.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame (right) has wished speedy recovery to his counterpart of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa (left).    \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has sent quick recovery wishes to his counterpart of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa after he was positively diagnosed with COVID-19.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44974"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44974"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}