FILE PHOTO: Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti walks into the Presidential Palace for consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - The leader of Italy's co-ruling Democratic Party (PD), Nicola Zingaretti, said on Saturday he had tested positive for coronavirus becoming the first senior Italian politician to be infected.
"I have coronavirus too", Zingaretti said in a video posted on Facebook, adding he was well and in self-isolation at home.
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