Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus, again
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tried positive for the brand new coronavirus, his office declared Wednesday, saying he'd extend his two-week quarantine and suspend approaching travel plans.
The far-right innovator, who has faced criticism for downplaying the pandemic and flouting social distancing measures, has been around self-isolation in the presidential palace in Brasilia since first testing positive for the virus on July 7.
"President Jair Bolsonaro's health continues to improve, beneath the treatment of the presidential medical crew," his office said in a statement.
"A (new coronavirus) test carried out yesterday in the president returned positive."
Bolsonaro, 65, features famously compared the virus to a good "little flu" and attacked stay-at-house measures and other guidelines from public-health officials.
Until he was infected, he regularly hit the roads of Brasilia without a face mask, exchanging hugs and handshakes with supporters and urging Latin America's biggest country to make contact with work regardless of the rapid spread of the virus.
Since testing great after developing a fever and fatigue, he has been functioning by video conference from the presidential home, the Alvorada Palace -- a routine he admitted the other day he "can't stand."
Following a latest positive test direct result, his third since getting contaminated, Bolsonaro "indefinitely postponed" upcoming journeys to the north-eastern claims of Piaui and Bahia, his office told AFP.
On Sunday, Bolsonaro greeted supporters at his home, separated by a reflecting pool about two meters (six-and-a-50 percent feet) wide.
He removed his nose and mouth mask to speak to them and proudly organized a container of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he's acquiring against the infection.
Both Bolsonaro and US President Donald Trump, whom he admires, have touted the medication as cure for COVID-19, despite too little scientific evidence for its effectiveness.
Brazil may be the country strike second-hardest by the pandemic, after the USA. It has recorded practically 2.2 million infections and a lot more than 80,000 deaths. -- AFP
