Honduras President Hospitalized With Covid-19, Pneumonia

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on March 11.

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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was hospitalized and diagnosed with pneumonia, his doctor Francis Contreras told reporters Wednesday.

Hernandez is in a military hospital in the capital Tegucigalpa where he is receiving I.V. treatments and is in “good health,” Contreras said, adding the medical team will provide daily updates on the president’s condition.