Brazil's Bolsonaro, who met Trump, tests negative for coronavirus
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile. He traveled to Florida last weekend and dined with his U.S. counterpart, President Donald Trump, and a member of the delegation that accompanied him had tested positive after a meeting Trump,
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- Published Date: 07:25 | 13 March 2020
- Modified Date: 07:25 | 13 March 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with U.S. President Donald Trump just days ago, has tested negative for coronavirus, according to a post on his Facebook page on Friday.
The news comes after some media reported that a first test had been positive.
Bolsonaro had been tested after his communications secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, was diagnosed with coronavirus on Thursday following a trip to Florida where both met Trump.
"He tested negative full stop," Bolsonaro's son Eduardo told Fox News.
Fox News had previously reported that an initial test had come back positive. Eduardo did not directly answer a question from Fox News as to whether that was the case.