“Unfortunately I also infected my husband”: Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez

This Tuesday, the Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, told how the coronavirus has affected her since last October 23 announce that it was positive.

In an interview with Radio Nacional de Colombia, the official revealed the symptoms she has because of the virus. In the middle of the conversation, he asked his team to help him with a glass of water, and he constantly had to hydrate, as he said that he has a “bad throat”.

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“In general terms I have been good. This contagion has been kind to me so far and God wants it to stay that way. I have a bit of a throat condition and a bit of a headache but actually I don’t have any of the hard symptoms that other people have had, ”said the vice president.

Marta Lucía Ramírez also said that she had been isolated since last Friday and confessed that she infected her husband, businessman Álvaro Rincón.

Unfortunately I also infected my husband, that worries me a lot. It hurts a lot because he really took care of himself, he was locked up for several months; But it happened and this shows that we must be more prudent and more careful with our health and our loved ones, because we end up risking our loved ones.

The vice president said that she sympathized with people who have acquired the disease, which “has no regard for age or other circumstances.”

Without a mask, Marta Lucía Ramírez was at events

As soon as Ramírez’s diagnosis was known, his office said that, in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, the protocols established to make an epidemiological fence began to be applied. “The vice president reiterates her call for all Colombians to continue complying with biosafety measures and to continue with a safe reactivation”.

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In an interview with Blu Radio, the vice president said that she does not know how it was infected, because “The virus is everywhere” and it is difficult to be clear about the moment or the person with whom he had contact and who had the disease.

But some photos of his visit to Vaupés show how Ramírez did not follow the proper biosecurity protocols, when walking and talking with people from that community without the proper use of a mask.

The visit took place on October 16, and according to the official website of the Vice Presidency of the Republic, it took place in the development of the economic reactivation Plan “Commitment to Colombia”, in which “It met with indigenous communities and delivered about 60 tons of humanitarian aid, managed with the Food Bank, the Red Cross and ANDI, through its partners and COL5VID.”

“Here we are fulfilling not only a commitment, but a purpose, and that is to see how we can work more closely with the Vaupés, with the Governor, with the mayor of Mitú, who has presented us with the projects they have; our commitment is to promote these initiatives, to support them from the National Government “Ramírez said at the time.

The images that the senator published Roy Barreras on his Twitter account coincide with those on the page itself vice president’s officer.

In his talk with Blu Radio, he added that he feels fine, he has no symptoms, except for a “slight” headache that he had two days ago.

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The vice president said that a COVID-19 test was carried out, which was positive, prior to the Governors’ Summit, for which she had to travel to Manizales.

“It is time to strengthen our spirituality, to take care of ourselves and protect ourselves. It is a test that, without a doubt, we must face with humility and wisdom, following medical recommendations to continue honoring the promise of courage that I made to Colombians, ”Ramírez said.

Ramírez is 66 years old, so he is in the age range of the population at risk. As a matter of course, the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, took a test that was negative.

The vice president joins other officials, mayors and governors who have presented contagion by the disease. Among them, Daniel Quintero, mayor of Medellín; Carlos Felipe Córdoba, Comptroller General of the Republic; Mauricio Aguilar, Governor of Santander; Francisco Barbosa, Attorney General of the Nation; Carlos Camargo, Ombudsman; and Luis Enrique Dussan, governor of Huila.

In a similar case, the governor of Caquetá, Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo, tested positive after a preventive test before heading to the Governors’ Summit, an event that Vice President Ramírez was addressing.