Brazilian Minister of Health Marcelo Queiroga was
"tested positive for Covid-19"
after attending the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 21, inaugurated by President Jair Bolsonaro, according to an official statement from the South American country.
"The other members of the delegation have been tested and are negative,"
said the press release from the Brazilian Special Secretariat for Communication (Secom).
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Jair Bolsonaro, who appeared without a mask on several occasions during the trip, was not vaccinated against Covid-19 and repeated that he would be
"the last"
Brazilian to receive the vaccine. This is the second positive case in Bolsonaro's entourage since his arrival in the American city.
Marcelo Queiroga was alongside Jair Bolsonaro at several events, including a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.
Although the delegation has returned to Brazil, Marcelo Queiroga
"will remain in the United States during the period of isolation,"
the note added.
Vaccinated against the coronavirus, Marcelo Queiroga, 55,
"is doing well"
, according to the official report.
In the evening, the Minister of Health wrote on Twitter that while following
"all health security protocols"
, the ministry
"will continue to take firm measures to deal with the pandemic in Brazil"
.
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As of Sunday evening in New York, Jair Bolsonaro had caused a sensation on Twitter by being photographed very relaxed with his collaborators, dining with a slice of pizza, standing in the street, a "joke" attributed by the Brazilian media to his refusal of Covid vaccine.
The Minister of Health is the only one in the photo wearing a mask, but under the chin.
Asked about his controversial handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 591,000 in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro opened the United Nations General Assembly with a speech in which he made several misleading or inaccurate statements, some of which were linked to the pandemic , according to an audit by AFP's Factcheck team.