Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and one of his ministers tested positive for COVID-19, according to an official statement on Thursday, as the spread of the new coronavirus showed no signs of slowing down in the country with the second worst epidemic in the world after the United States.
Just days after her husband said he overcame the virus with a negative test after weeks of quarantine, Bolsonaro’s wife Michelle tested positive, the presidential office said in a statement.
“First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. She is in good health and will follow all established protocols,” he said, referring to the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Earlier on Thursday, Brazil’s Minister of Science and Technology Marcos Pontes said his test came back positive, becoming the fifth minister in Bolsonaro’s government to be diagnosed with the disease.
Their infections are a palpable sign of the scale of the epidemic in Brazil, which set new daily records on Wednesday for new cases of COVID-19 and associated deaths.
The 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 additional deaths reported by the Ministry of Health pushed the country past 2.5 million infections and 90,000 deaths.
Pontes made his Facebook announcement, claiming he was in quarantine and working remotely.
“I just tested positive for the new coronavirus,” he said. “I’m fine, just a few flu-like symptoms and a headache.”
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