Brazil President Jair Bolsanaro Tests Positive For COVID-19

Brazilian president Jair Bolsanaro has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple media reports. According to The Guardian, Bolsanaro announced that he has tested positive on live TV. Bolsanaro has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the disease calling it a "little flu" and clashing with regional governors over getting people back to work in the middle of the pandemic.
Update: 2020-07-07 15:30 GMT

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