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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus

(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile. Concern about Bolsonaro’s exposure to virus — and possibly that of U.S. President Donald Trump — had grown after confirmation that the Brazilian leader’s communications…
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March 13, 2020
White House convenes meeting after Brazilian president’s positive coronavirus test Bolsonaro

White House convenes meeting after Brazilian president’s positive coronavirus test

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday is convening an urgent meeting after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with U.S. President Donald Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus, Fox Business Network reported on Friday. Fox News also reported that Bolsonaro’s test for COVID-19 had come back positive, but…
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March 13, 2020
Brazil tells White House take ‘preventive measures’ after coronavirus-infected aide photographed with Trump Bolsonaro

Brazil tells White House take ‘preventive measures’ after coronavirus-infected aide photographed with Trump

 | March 12, 2020 03:22 PM White House officials may need to take “necessary preventive measures” to protect themselves from the coronavirus after hosting an infected adviser to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the weekend. “The Brazilian government has already communicated the occurrence to United States government officials so that…
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March 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Bolsonaro says he’s tested negative amid reports he had Covid-19 following Trump meeting Bolsonaro

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro says he’s tested negative amid reports he had Covid-19 following Trump meeting

Mr Trump and Mr Bolsonaro meeting last weekend in Florida: EPABrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested negative for the coronavirus, after multiple reports claimed he tested positive for coronavirus.The testing followed days after Mr Bolsonaro visited the United States, where he met with US president Donald Trump and…
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March 13, 2020
Trump won’t self-quarantine despite potential coronavirus exposure from Bolsonaro aide that caused 2 Republican senators to isolate Bolsonaro

Trump won’t self-quarantine despite potential coronavirus exposure from Bolsonaro aide that caused 2 Republican senators to isolate

President Donald Trump has not been tested for coronavirus and is not in self-quarantine despite coming into contact with a member of a Brazilian delegation that has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus.White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence "had…
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March 13, 2020
Brazilian Official Who Met Trump Last Weekend Tests Positive For Coronavirus Bolsonaro

Brazilian Official Who Met Trump Last Weekend Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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March 12, 2020
Trump met Brazilian official with coronavirus, but says ‘not concerned’ Bolsonaro

Trump met Brazilian official with coronavirus, but says ‘not concerned’

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease. U.S. President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Ireland's Prime…
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March 12, 2020
Brazil communications secretary, who met Trump, has coronavirus: government Bolsonaro

Brazil communications secretary, who met Trump, has coronavirus: government

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, has been diagnosed with coronavirus following a second confirmatory test, the presidency’s communications office said on Thursday. Wajngarten accompanied Bolsonaro on a recent trip to the U.S. and posted a photograph on Instagram standing next to Donald Trump. In…
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March 12, 2020
Brazil’s president reportedly tested for coronavirus just days after sitting side-by-side with Trump at Mar-a-Lago Bolsonaro

Brazil’s president reportedly tested for coronavirus just days after sitting side-by-side with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for the novel coronavirus, Brazilian media reported on Thursday.Less than a week ago, Bolsonaro sat next to President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.Fabio Wajngarten, Bolsonaro's press secretary, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He was photographed standing next to Trump…
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March 12, 2020