Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, has been tested positive of COVID-19.
President Bolsonaro who was wearing facemask had made this announcement to a hand-picked group of reporters outside his official residence.
The 65-year old ruler Bolsonaro had repeatedly understated the pandemic and flouted social distancing, even as Brazil became the second-worst-hit country after the United States, with more than 65,000 deaths and 1.6 million confirmed cases.
The far-right populist president Bolsonaro was quoted in an address to the nation in March that, if infected, he would quickly shake off the illness thanks to his athlete’s background. And the diagnosis comes just three days after he had lunch at the home of the U.S ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman, in the capital, Brasília.
