- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Brazil's President Bolsonaro Has Coronavirus Symptoms - Reports

© REUTERS / MARCOS CORREAHandout picture released by Brazil's Presidency showing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) taking part in the first Mercosur Summit held via video conference due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, from Brasilia, on July 2, 2020.
Handout picture released by Brazil's Presidency showing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) taking part in the first Mercosur Summit held via video conference due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, from Brasilia, on July 2, 2020. - Sputnik International
Subscribe
In late June, media reported that Bolsonaro might have contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after the Brazilian leader was captured without a protective mask at public gatherings.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has COVID-19 symptoms, his test results are due tomorrow at noon, CNN Brazil reported on Monday.

The TV channel said that Bolsonaro, 65, showed a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and a blood oxygen level of 96 percent. Due to coronavirus symptoms, his schedule for this week has been cancelled and he is now taking hydroxychloroquine.

According to Globo, the president told supporters outside the presidential palace that he had just returned from the hospital where he did a lung check and assured that everything is "okay".

Previously in March, Bolsonaro dismissed reports that he was infected with coronavirus and called on the public not to believe "the fake news".

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала