Jair Bolsonaro's wife has coronavirus

07/30/2020 - 13:11

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The first lady of Brazil, Michelle de Paula Firmo , tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, days after President Jair Bolsonaro recovered from the disease, the Brazilian executive reported.

The Presidency said in a statement that the First Lady, 38, is in good health and complying with all protocols.

"First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. She is in good health and will follow all established protocols, accompanied by the Presidency's medical team," according to the note.

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The news comes after Bolsonaro himself tested positive for the disease on July 7 last.

Last weekend, the Brazilian president said that he had already healed.

Brazil is the second country with the most cases and deaths of coronavirus, surpassed only by the United States.

Another infected minister

Also this Thursday, the Government reported that a fifth minister of the national cabinet was infected with the disease.

This is the head of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Marcos Pontes, a 57-year-old astronaut and military man.

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Brazil, with 210 million inhabitants, has so far registered 90,000 deaths from Covid-19 and 2.55 million infections.

The country is in the midst of the first wave of the pandemic after registering its first case five months ago.

On Wednesday he reported a daily record of nearly 1,600 deaths.

Bolsonaro has been criticized for minimizing the severity of the coronavirus, which he described as "influenza".

Much of the havoc caused by the pandemic in Brazil has been attributed to Bolsonaro's mismanagement of the crisis.

The president opposed quarantines and other measures restricting economic activities and even campaigned actively against them despite the recommendations of his health ministers, two of whom resigned in the middle of the pandemic due to their disagreements with him.

He also resisted wearing face masks in public, and even drove on an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, which he considers an effective treatment for the disease, despite scientific studies to the contrary.

Source: agencies