Trump Joins List of World Leaders Diagnosed with the Coronavirus

The president of Belarus, who dismissed concerns about the virus as “psychosis” and recommended drinking vodka to stay healthy, said in July he had contracted it himself but was asymptomatic.

Belarus is one of the few countries that took no comprehensive measures against the virus.

Other top officials in former Soviet states who were infected include Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Prince Albert II of Monaco

The palace of Monaco in March said the ruler of the tiny Mediterranean principality tested positive but his health was not worrying. He was the first head of state who publicly said he was infected.

Alejandro Giammattei

The Guatemalan president said he tested positive for the virus in September. “My symptoms are very mild.

"Up to now, I have body aches, it hurt more yesterday than today, like a bad cold,” he said during a televised address.

“I don’t have a fever, I have a bit of a cough.” He said he’d be working from home.

Jeanine Anez

The virus drove the Bolivian interim president into isolation in July, but she said she was feeling well.

Luis Abinader

The newly elected president of the Dominican Republic contracted and recovered from Covid-19 during his campaign. He spent weeks in isolation before the country’s July election.

Iran

Iran, the epicenter of the Mideast’s initial coronavirus outbreak, has seen several top officials test positive.

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Among them are senior Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar. Cabinet members have tested positive, too.

India

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, 71, recently tested positive but his office said he had no symptoms and was quarantined at home.