The source did not know how long the minister has been infected, but said that Francisco Queiroz shared with the ministry officials a message in which he reports his health condition and asks them to comply with the preventive measures to combat the new coronavirus.
According to the source, testing is being prepared for the group of collaborators of that ministry.
In his message, Francisco Queiroz mentioned that he is at Clínica Girassol, at kilometer 37, which was medicated and remained normal.
"The medical team is dedicated, professional and human. There are other patients in a slightly more complicated situation, who sometimes moan in pain and cry out for the intervention of professionals," he shared.
Francisco Queiroz welcomed the fact that he has not yet felt "the painful effects of covid-19.
The leader wished that he had not left "many traces of the disease among his colleagues, family and friends.
Francisco Queiroz is the second ruler with confirmation of diagnosis of covid-19, after the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Victor Fernandes.
On Friday, the governor of Uíje and former governor of Luanda and leader of MPLA, Sergio Luther Rescova, died "of illness" at the age of 40.
The government did not disclose the causes of the death, but the press claimed to have been victim of covid-19.
Angola totaled until Tuesday 6680 positive cases of covid-19, with 222 deaths, 2761 recovered and 2697 active, 13 in critical condition and 19 severe.
The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than one million eighty one thousand deaths and more than 37.8 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a balance sheet made by the French agency AFP.
