Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro 'tests positive for coronavirus'

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Guardian

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to local media.

The positive test comes after Bolsonaro’s press secretary was found to have the disease following a trip to the US. His son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a congressman who was also on the trip, tweeted that his father “is not exhibiting any signs of the disease”

Bolsonaro dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night and videos and photos, including some on Wajngarten’s own Instagram account, showed the press secretary, Bolsonaro and Trump all in close proximity. “I’m not concerned,” Trump told reporters on Thursday.

Bolsonaro has downplayed the crisis. On Wednesday, he said “Other flus kill more than this” and has also called concern over coronavirus “oversized”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-share-markets-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news?CMP=share_btn_tw

[warrior1]

1. He probably got it from trump

[NurseJackie]

3. What a twist!

[ck4829]

22. Probably

[nature-lover]

2. A photo shows that Ivanka and Jared are at the table too.

[appalachiablue]

4. Maralago event:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142446094










Fabio Wajngarten, Brazilian press secy. who tested positive for coronavirus is far right.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Here they are about to kiss:

[appalachiablue]

9. Ahh!

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[nature-lover]

10. Thanks for the photos. Whatever happens, he will lie about being tested as long as he can.

[Dopers_Greed]

5. Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[sanatanadharma]

6. Uruguay next?

Bolsonaro was at the March first inauguration of Lacalle Pou, new (conservative) President of Uruguay.

[mpcamb]

7. "Bolsonaro dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago " SO CLOSE IT DOWN!

[ck4829]

23. Yep!

[SKKY]

12. There's no way Trump isn't positive for COVID-19...

...no way in hell.

[AZ8theist]

13. Thoughts and Prayers, ASSHOLE!!!

[Coventina]

14. I would love to see that guy dead.

How old is he?
Does he have underlying medical conditions?

[Eugene]

16. He's over 60 and he still has medical problems following a 2018 assassination attempt.

He was hospitalized with pneumonia 13 months ago. He is one of the last people who should be brushing off COVID-19 concerns.

[Coventina]

17. .

I make no apologies for saying that the planet will definitely better without him.
The Amazon is proof positive of this.

[Eugene]

15. Everybody but MF45 is getting tested or is self-isolating after this cluster----.

And of course, COVID-19 is not the flu!

[ornotna]

18. CNN just reported he claims

the test came back negative. No link.

[Mz Pip]

20. Trump said that at his address today.

He said the President of Brazil’s test came back negative.

[rockfordfile]

19. That guy from Brazil is a Pro-Putin pos

[Eugene]

21. Brazil'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, Brazil’s 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 Bolsonaro’s 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, Bolsonaro’s communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is in quarantine at his home.

Charge d’Affairs 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