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Rio de janeiro: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the coronavirus’s severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country. The 65-year-old populist who has been known to mingle in crowds without covering his face confirmed the results while wearing a…

Sao Paolo: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever. The right-wing populist, who has played down the severity of the virus which he has called a “little flu,”…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak even as it has ravaged his nation, said Tuesday that he had COVID-19. Confirming his diagnosis to journalists in the capital, Brasilia, Bolsonaro said he was suffering muscle aches, fatigue and a fever but otherwise felt…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19.The politician - who has previously dismissed the disease as a "little flu" - said he began feeling unwell on Sunday but insists his condition has improved since having treatment. He said he is taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was tested for Covid-19 after having an X-ray of his lungs today. He didn't say whether he was showing symptoms of the new coronavirus. Brazil's presidency said in a statement the result of the test will be known tomorrow. Earlier Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the…

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday (Jul 7) he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus, after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID-19 respiratory disease, including a fever.Bolsonaro told supporters outside the presidential palace that he had just visited the hospital…

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus, after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID-19 respiratory disease that it causes.Bolsonaro told supporters outside the presidential palace that he had just visited the…

Amid concerns over freedom of expression online and user privacy, the Brazilian Senate has passed a bill that sets out provisions to tackle the production and spread of disinformation and defamatory content on the Internet.This was the fourth version of the bill, which was considerably dehydrated so that it could…

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends the inauguration ceremony of the Main Space Operations Center of the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite in Brasilia, Brazil June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree to extend an emergency stipend to informal…

BRASILIA, June 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a presidential decree to extend an emergency monthly stipend of 600 reais ($110) to informal workers for two more months to help cushion the blow of the COVID-19 crisis. During the ceremony in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said he hopes…