⁍ Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said on Sunday he has contracted COVID-19.

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⁍ Hoti’s government has faced criticism for not doing enough to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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⁍ Around 9,000 people have been infected with the new coronavirus and 249 have died since mid-March.

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– “I don’t have symptoms, expect a very mild cough.” That’s how Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti is framing his illness, which has now claimed the lives of 249 people in the country since mid-March, per Reuters. Hoti on Sunday announced on Facebook that he has contracted the novel coronavirus, or coronavirus, and will be self-isolating for two weeks. “I don’t have symptoms, expect a very mild cough,” he wrote, adding that he’s in good health and that he doesn’t think the illness will keep him from leading his country in the coming days or weeks.