Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea Bissau: “I almost died of the covid” (Médiapart)
In an article devoted to a visit that the former collaborator of Emmanuel Macron, Alexandre Benalla, paid to President Bissau-Guinean during a stay in France last May, Mediapart made a major revelation.
According to the French investigative media, Umaro Sissoco Embalo told them that he almost died of the coronavirus disease.
“I had covid, which almost killed me. When I was sick, if they hadn’t come to see me, I would have been angry, “he told our colleagues.
Embalo thus declined the purpose of the visit of the French president’s former confidant, along with Ludovic Chacker, a member of the Elysée’s private staff. Until this admission made to Médiapart, Umaro Sissoco Embalo had never mentioned his contamination with the coronavirus.
At most, the President of Guinea-Bissau had affirmed on social networks that he had tested negative. Its Prime Minister, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, had tested positive. Recovered, the head of government said he defeated the coronavirus by taking a local herbal tea made from ginger, lemon and garlic.
