By Reuters Staff
(Adds confirmation that critical care refers to an intensive care unit)
BOGOTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is in intensive care after being infected with the coronavirus, the government said on Monday.
Trujillo tested positive for the virus last week, a day after the Ministry of Foreign affairs reported that Foreign Minister Claudia Blum had tested positive for coronavirus.
“The Defense Minister ... continues to be hospitalized and in critical care,” the president’s office said in a statement. A spokesman confirmed this meant an intensive care unit.
The minister is suffering from coronavirus infection and viral pneumonia, the statement said.