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VIDEO. Brazil: Bolsonaro extends quarantine after second positive Covid-19 test

2020-07-17T22:21:10.615Z


Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made a second test which confirmed his contamination by the coronavirus. His quarantine is extended


The 65-year-old head of state said he would remain confined to Alvorada Palace, his official residence in Brasilia, where he has been carrying out his duties for a week by videoconference, according to medical recommendations.

Fierce criticism of containment so far and having minimized the last four months the gravity of the pandemic which is shaking his country, Jair Bolsonaro had expressed on Monday his impatience to regain his freedom of movement.

He stated that he was continuing his treatment with hydroxychloroquine, a drug in which he has "unshakable faith" but the effectiveness of which has not been formally proven.

Brazil is second behind the United States in the world in terms of the number of cases of contamination (almost two million) and deaths (some 75,000) linked to Covid-19.

Source: leparis

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