Spanish PM tests positive for COVID-19

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on September 25 that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The leader of Spain's Socialist party and of the country's coalition government said in a Twitter post that he was cancelling his appearance at a Socialist event on September 25 marking the beginning of the new political season after the summer recess, ABC News reports.

Sánchez did not say whether he was feeling ill or whether he would cancel other engagements next week.

"I will keep working, taking all precautions," he said.

Sánchez last week attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He returned to Spain for an official event on September 23.