President of Brazil tests positive for coronavirus

20:56, 07.07.2020

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus.

According to BBC, after showing the corresponding coronavirus symptoms, including temperature Bolsonaro was tested on a virus on Monday.

For the record, Brazil’s President vetoed a compulsory mask-wearing regulation a couple of days ago.

Bolsonaro claimed that COVID-19 was “just another virus” and went against regulations that were established during the pandemic.

According to the latest data, the infected cases exceeded 1.6 million in Brazil while 65 000 patients have died of the virus.