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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, Sunday announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat.<\/p>\n

Obama, who is the first black president of the USA, posted on Twitter:<\/p>\n

I just tested positive for COVID. I\u2019ve had a scratchy throat for a couple (of) days, but am feeling fine otherwise. Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative. It\u2019s a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven\u2019t already, even as cases go down.<\/p>\n

Doctors say they\u2019ve been seeing so many Omicron patients complaining of \u201cscratchy throat,\u201d therefore, if one has this symptom, even in the absence of cough or fever, it is advisable to \u201cstrongly consider that you may be infected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coronavirus hit the United States in mid-March 2020, and cases started to soar at an alarming rate. The country has performed a high number of COVID-19 tests, and has administered lots of vaccinations.<\/p>\n

As of March 12, 2022, almost 79 million confirmed cases of coronavirus had been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the United States.<\/p>\n

While some argue that vaccines are not working, health experts say a vaccine is not a spacesuit, therefore, it can\u2019t stop the virus from entering your body, but it hugely improves your body\u2019s ability to fight it and the speed with which it does so.<\/p>\n

They also observe that NO vaccine prevents viruses from infecting you, they prevent them from severely sickening and killing you.<\/p>\n

The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline worldwide in the recent past, prompting some to project that the world might be out of the woods soon.<\/p>\n

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