President of Honduras hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19

Juan Orlando Hernández.
(Image credit: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)

One day after announcing that he had tested positive for COVID-19, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was hospitalized Wednesday for pneumonia.

He is receiving intravenous medicine and is in good condition, the Honduran health agency SINAGER said. Hernández, 51, tweeted that he appreciated the well wishes he has received and will "continue working for the Honduran people."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.