ErdoÄŸan tests positive for COVID-19

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Turkish leader said in a tweet on Saturday that he has mild symptoms, and that he and his wife have the Omicron variant. 

“We will continue our work at home,” he wrote. “We look forward to your prayers.”

Erdoğan travelled to Kyiv on Thursday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The Turkish leader has angered Russian President Vladimir Putin by supplying arms — most notably drones — to Kyiv.