Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications chief, who met Donald Trump during an official weekend visit to the US leader’s Florida resort, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the government said on Thursday.
The Brazilian president’s office “has taken and is taking all necessary preventive measures to protect the health of the president and all staff that travelled with him to the United States” last Saturday to Tuesday, it said in a statement, confirming the far-right government’s chief spokesperson, Fabio Wajngarten, had tested positive for COVID-19.
Wajngarten had posted a picture of himself meeting Trump on Instagram on Saturday, both with hats reading
“Make Brazil Great Again.” Vice President Mike Pence was alsoin the photograph.
Source : News24
