The President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou has tested positive for Covid-19, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
Sakellaropoulou has mild symptoms and is in isolation in her house. All of her scheduled activities are canceled.
Sakellaropoulou tested positive for Covid after visits to Italy, Delphi
She returned to Greece earlier in the week after a visit to a number of Greek-speaking villages in Southern Italy last weekend.
Sakellaropoulou visited villages in Salento, Italy, where the Greek dialect of Griko is still spoken by thousands of people.
The Greek President was welcomed to the region by Roberto Casaluci, the President of the region’s Union of Greek-speaking Communities, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the group’s founding.