The President of Brazil Air Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus , a few days after the meeting with President Donald trump.
Local media spread the news, «based on information from the primary source at the presidential Palace». Fox News channel also reported that Bolsonaro was diagnosed with the disease.
Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence met with the Brazilian leader at the dinner in Mar-a-Lago in Florida over the weekend. Press Secretary Bolsonaro that greeted the two leaders also discovered coronavirus.
The white house said that neither trump nor the Pens have not been tested for coronavirus, despite the fact that were exposed to it.
He Bolsonaro denied information about the infection COVID-19. He said this on his page in Facebook.
— HFA/SABIN atestam negativo para o COVID-19 o Sr. Pres. da República Jair Bolsonaro
Geplaatst door Jair Messias Bolsonaro op Vrijdag 13 maart 2020
On the question of the assistant Bolsonaro, which gave a positive result, press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said that testing is not necessary because the two leaders have only briefly interacted with him. Experts in health say that the virus is very contagious and can easily spread by contact similar to what was trump’s assistant.
Recall, trump was also not tested for mers after shaking hands with congressmen who had been in contact with infected.
