According to several reports, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has presumptively tested positive for coronavirus, Brazilian newspaper Jornal O Dia reported Friday morning. His son has denied the reports from several news outlets.
Bolsonaro's first coronavirus test was positive, according to the newspaper report,he and he is awaiting the result of the counterproof test. Fox News, Business Insider and several other news outlets have reported a presumptive positive test.
Bolsonaro’s son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, denied the reports on Twitter Friday morning.
“Too much lies and little information,” he tweeted. “Coronavirus exam done with the team that were with JB in USA have not yet been completed.”
Bolsonaro attended an official meeting at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Saturday. Bolsonaro’s communications director, Fábio Wajngarten, tested positive just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to the meeting. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement Thursday that “exposures from the case are being assessed, which will dictate next steps.”
“Both the President and Vice President had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time," Grisham said.
While Trump was not taking any apparent action in response, two Republican lawmakers announced they will self-quarantine for two weeks after coming in contact with Bolsonaro's delegation. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who met Bolsonaro in Miami, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, announced Thursday that they will isolate themselves.
Wajngarten posted photos of himself and Trump on his Instagram after the meeting.
Wajngarten joined Bolsonaro the three-day trip to the U.S. at Mar-a-Lago, where he posted a photo of himself posing beside Trump.
A video from the event also showed him standing directly behind both presidents as they addressed a crowd.
In response to the article’s about his diagnosis, Wajngarten wrote on Twitter that he is healthy.
“Despite what the rotten media have already said about my religion, my family and my company, now they are talking about my health. But I am well,” Wajngarten tweeted.
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