{"id":5820,"date":"2020-03-16T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:52:13","slug":"coronavirus-pope-francis-test-result-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5820","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Pope Francis\u2019 test result revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pope-francis.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, has tested negative for the novel Coronavirus days after rumours of his contact with a COVID-19 patient broke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is as reported by an Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clergy had cancelled some of his engagements since last Thursday, a day after appearing to be suffering from a cold during an Ash Wednesday service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that the 83-year-old had a \u201ccough, a bit of a temperature, sore throat, and shivers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His doctors stepped in immediately for the appropriate checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the Ash Wednesday service, Pope told well-wishers: \u201cI wish, again, to express my closeness to those who are ill with Coronavirus and to health-care workers who are caring for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, has been reported in Italy as more than 400 people have been infected. Almost all the cases are reported in northern Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coronavirus codenamed Convid-19, which broke out in Wuhan Province of China late last year, has gradually spread through several countries of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several persons have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2020\/01\/21\/coronavirus-claims-lives-in-china-spreads-to-other-countries\/\">died from the virus<\/a>, while about 300 others infected in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2020, the World Health Organisation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2020\/01\/31\/who-declares-coronavirus-global-health-emergency\/\">WHO declared Coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, has tested negative for the novel Coronavirus days after rumours of his contact with a COVID-19 patient broke This is as reported by an Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on Tuesday. 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