Alexander Lukashenko
The president of Belarus, who dismissed concerns about the virus as “psychosis” and recommended drinking vodka to stay healthy, said in July he had contracted it himself but was asymptomatic.
Alejandro Giammattei
The Guatemalan president said he tested positive for the virus in September.
Jeannine Anez
The virus drove the Bolivian interim president into isolation in July, but she said she was feeling well.
Luis Abinader
The newly elected president of the Dominican Republic contracted and recovered from COVID-19 during his campaign.
Pierre Nkurunziza
Questions have continued to circle around the death of the Burundi’s president-elect, who passed away on an unspecified date in early June
More to come…