Brandon Martinez Gonzalez
The Minister of Education, Alexander Gaviriaconfirmed this Friday that he was infected of Covid-19. This was announced in a publication that she made on his Instagram account.
“How many times is Covid going to give me?”, Gaviria wrote in a post that was accompanied by a photo of a home test to detect the respiratory disease.
This is the second time that Gaviria, who was Minister of Health during the government of former President Juan Manuel Santos, is infected with the virus. In May 2022, just a few days following he ended his campaign as a presidential candidate, he caught it for the first time.
On that occasion he was isolated for regarding seven days. On social networks he wrote a report on how his state of health was at that time. ”Third day of isolation due to Covid. High fever. Bad cough. General discomfort. Nothing serious, but hard. I hope to recover soon and be able to continue contributing to the Coalition campaign”.
At that time, Gaviria was working on the political project of the Hope Center Coalitionwhose candidate for the presidency was the ex-governor of Antioquia, Sergio Fajardowho ultimately failed to advance to the second round in the 2022 presidential election.
It should be remembered that Gaviria overcame cancer in the Lymphatic system that he was diagnosed when he was in charge of the Health portfolio, in the presidency of Santos. For this reason, before making public his political aspirations for the period 2022-2026, he said that he had to consult with his doctor whether or not the body allowed him to assume public office.
Gaviria has been one of the most prominent officials so far this year Petro government. A few weeks ago he was in the eye of the hurricane because some criticisms he had made of the Health Reform presented by the minister were leaked, Carolina Corkin a council of ministers that was held in Paipa, Boyaca.
It was even speculated that for this reason the palace had raised a possible resignation of Gaviria as Minister of Education, however, the president settled the controversy with a trill in which he defended his cabinet. The politician continued working until this Friday, when it was confirmed that he has Covid. Now it only remains for him to recover and be able to continue his work.