Caracas: Dario Vivas, the mayor of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, died after Covid-19 for more than 3 weeks.
The head of the ruling Socialist Party died on Thursday.
The 70-year-old man announced on July 18 that he had tested positive for the virus and was receiving treatment in isolation, Xinhua news firm reported.
“I point out that I have tried forArray … COVID-19,” Vivas said on Twitter at the time.
Vivas, known as a strong best friend of President Nicolás Maduro, was appointed head of the capital district in January.
Vivas is the first senior government official to die from Covid-19, several others tested positive, adding Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC); Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami; and several governors and mayors of the South American nation.
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