This photo taken on June 15, 2020 shows Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez wearing a facemask in Tegucigalpa. - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on June 16, 2020 that he tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP) (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is being treated for pneumonia after having “slight leaks in the lungs.”
The President is “stable, in good spirits and receiving medication,” according to Francis Contreras, a spokesman for the Honduran Health Regulation Agency.
President Hernández said Wednesday he and his wife had tested positive for Covid-19.
Honduran First Lady, Ana García de Hernández, is stable and without symptoms, according to Chancellor and Commissioner for the pandemic, Lisandro Rosales.
Hernández is the first president in the world to announce he has tested positive for the virus.
