LA PAZ, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's Foreign Affairs Minister Rogelio Mayta has tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Monday.
"The foreign minister is stable and, as established by the biosafety protocols, he is isolated and under proper medical supervision," the ministry said in a statement.
Mayta is the second cabinet minister in President Luis Arce's government who has tested positive for the virus. On Dec. 28, 2020, Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo tested positive and was also reported to be in "stable" condition.
Presidential spokesman Jorge Richter said some deputy ministers have also tested positive, but did not provide further details.
He also mentioned that Arce, together with his Vice President David Choquehuanca, have tested negative.
Meanwhile, Veronica Hurtado, secretary of health for the municipal government of La Paz, said the city's mayor Luis Revilla was infected for the second time by COVID-19 with moderate symptoms and had been quarantined.
Since the pandemic broke out almost 10 months ago, Bolivia has accumulated 162,661 cases of COVID-19 and 9,201 deaths from the disease, the country's Ministry of Health said Sunday. Enditem
