Coronavirus: Spain's Deputy PM Carmen Calvo tests positive

Carmen Calvo speaks during an interview in Madrid, March 6, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

MADRID (REUTERS) - Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Spanish government said on Wednesday (March 25).

Calvo tested positive for the virus in a test performed on Tuesday after previously testing negative, but one more test was performed because the last one proved inconclusive, the government said in a statement.

It added that Calvo, who was born in 1957, was doing well and receiving medical treatment.

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