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Coronavirus: suspected of being sick, Bolsonaro undergoes a test

2020-07-08T00:43:45.213Z


Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on CNN Brazil on Monday that he had some symptoms of the new coronavirus and that he had undergone a test, the results of which will be known on Tuesday. According to the television channel, the president, who is very skeptical about the Covid-19 pandemic, told one of his journalists that he had certain symptoms of the coronavirus, including 38 ° fever,...


Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on CNN Brazil on Monday that he had some symptoms of the new coronavirus and that he had undergone a test, the results of which will be known on Tuesday. According to the television channel, the president, who is very skeptical about the Covid-19 pandemic, told one of his journalists that he had certain symptoms of the coronavirus, including 38 ° fever, and that an X-ray of the lungs was done at the Armed Forces hospital.

In a video recorded by one of his supporters, whom he often addresses at the gates of his official residence in Brasilia, the president, wearing a white mask, said that he had just returned from the hospital, where he had done a "chest x-ray . " "The lung is clean, okay?" I'm going to do a Covid test in a little while, but everything is fine, " he said after warning that he couldn't get too close to his supporters. According to Brazilian media, the test results will be known on Tuesday.

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Since the start of the pandemic, Jair Bolsonaro, 65, has minimized the disease and participated in several public events without wearing a mask, while criticizing the isolation measures implemented in several states. On Saturday, he published photos on social networks on which he is uncovered with several ministers and the American ambassador in Brasilia, at a reception on the occasion of the United States' national holiday. On Monday, he vetoed two sections of the law on the use of masks in public places to prevent the spread of the pandemic in Brazil.

Behind the United States, Brazil is the country most affected by the pandemic with to date 1.6 million cases of Covid-19 for 65,487 deaths.

Source: lefigaro

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