Tokyo:
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recovering at his official residence, his office said Sunday.
Fumio Kishida, just back from a week’s vacation, was due to return to work on Monday.
He developed a cough and fever on Saturday and took a PCR test on Sunday morning, which confirmed the positive result in the afternoon, a cabinet spokesman said.
Japan has seen a record rebound in coronavirus infections and has hit businesses in the world’s third-largest economy, although deaths remain relatively low and disruptions are milder than in some other advanced economies.