Paraguay Interior Minister Contracts Coronavirus

Paraguay Interior Minister Euclides Acevedo has been hospitalized after testing positive for Coronavirus, according to Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni.

In a press conference, Mazzoleni said, "We have a confirmed COVID-19 case. The condition of Minister Acevedo is said to be stable."

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez has already visited the hospitalized minister who is 70 years old.

Acevedo is the first Paraguayan cabinet minister to test positive for coronavirus.

Paraguayan authorities confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the country on March 7.

The country has so far registered 13,000 coronavirus cases, including 219 deaths.

On March 10, the country imposed a lockdown, it was later extended a few times. Currently, lockdown measures are significantly relaxed in most regions of Paraguay.