CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2021 / 03:00 am MT (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa said on Thursday that Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga has tested positive for COVID-19 and is “stable and recovering” at a local private clinic.
Fr. Rodolfo Varela, spokesman for the Honduran archdiocese, announced on Feb. 4 that Maradiaga, 78, felt “some flu-like symptoms on Tuesday and tested positive for COVID on Wednesday.”
“He is stable and recovering, but resting at the clinic upon the request of his doctor,” Fr. Varela added in a statement released by the Catholic television station TV Suyapa.
