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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…

In a battle between saving lives and saving the economy, President Bolsonaro has openly called for an end to lockdowns. As coronavirus manages to spread through even the most remote parts of the Amazon, doctors warn that Brazil has yet to reach its peak of infections.June 26, 2020Read More

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would appoint economist Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva as education minister, according to an announcement on social media. The first Black minister in Bolsonaro’s cabinet, Decotelli served as the head of Brazil’s National Education Development Fund (FNDE) from…

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