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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrazil's Bolsonaro to be tested again for coronavirus: report
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 13, 2020 / 11:48 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Brazil's Bolsonaro to be tested again for coronavirus: report
Debora Moreira, Pedro Fonseca
4 MIN READ
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with Donald Trump in the United States less than a week ago, will be retested for coronavirus following a negative test on Friday, Brazils Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported.
The test will be done early next week in order to rule out any chance the president has the virus, the newspaper said, without naming the source of the information. A representative for Bolsonaros press office declined to comment.
Bolsonaro and a large Brazilian entourage, including cabinet ministers, met with Trump and other senior U.S. officials last weekend at Mar-a-Lago. One of the party, Bolsonaros communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is in quarantine at his home.
Charge dAffairs Nestor Forster Jr. at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, who was also present at the Trump dinner, has also now tested positive, GloboNews television channel reported late on Friday.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro to be tested again for coronavirus: report
Debora Moreira, Pedro Fonseca
4 MIN READ
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with Donald Trump in the United States less than a week ago, will be retested for coronavirus following a negative test on Friday, Brazils Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported.
The test will be done early next week in order to rule out any chance the president has the virus, the newspaper said, without naming the source of the information. A representative for Bolsonaros press office declined to comment.
Bolsonaro and a large Brazilian entourage, including cabinet ministers, met with Trump and other senior U.S. officials last weekend at Mar-a-Lago. One of the party, Bolsonaros communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is in quarantine at his home.
Charge dAffairs Nestor Forster Jr. at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, who was also present at the Trump dinner, has also now tested positive, GloboNews television channel reported late on Friday.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bolsonaro-negative/brazils-bolsonaro-to-be-tested-again-for-coronavirus-report-idUSKBN2102ID
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Brazil's Bolsonaro to be tested again for coronavirus: report (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2020
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SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)2. Oh really? Is he not feeling well?
Nice to be able to get a test. None of doctor's patients here in California are able to get one.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)3. Wonderful they are retesting potential asymptotic/incubating spreaders at the highest levels.
What about the rest of us?
When will we have any sort of useful or meaningful surveillance testing to identify and quarantine potential "spreaders" among us regular folk? (symptoms or no symptoms)?
There are still parts of the country where we can "close the barn door." However, we can only do this with REAL data on hotpots and rates of infection.