Raffaele Fitto, an MEP for the
right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, said Friday that he
and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.
Fitto was the centre-rights candidate in regional elections in
Puglia on Sunday and Monday but he lost to incumbent Governor
Michele Emiliano.
He was the southern region's governor from 2000 to 2005.
"After receiving news on Wednesday from a close collaborator
that he had tested positive for COVID-19, I immediately asked
the local health authority to have a swab together with my
family," Fitto said via Facebook.
"Only my wife and I were positive, although at the moment
without symptoms.
"I will obviously continue in quarantine until new instructions
from the health authorities".
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