President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid said that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 and is isolating at home with mild symptoms.

The 59-year-old Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs is fully vaccinated along with a booster jab. “I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I am isolating at home with mild symptoms. I was privileged to have been fully vaccinated including a booster. My prayers are with the millions suffering from Covid and the billions without access to vaccine! I Stand for #VaccineEquity,” Shahid, the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, said on Twitter.