Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed on July 7
"RT-PCR for Sars-Cov 2: negative. Good morning everyone," the 65-year-old tweeted, along with a photo of himself smiling and holding a packet of hydroxychloroquine, whose effectiveness against COVID-19 has not been demonstrated in clinical trials.Later, local media reported that he took a motorcycle ride through Brasilia and visited some shops, with small crowds gathering around him.
The president, who has routinely downplayed the virus he calls a"little flu" but which is currently ravaging his country, spent nearly 20 days self-isolating at his official residence in the capital Brasilia, the Alvorada Palace.Three polls released this week showed the leader dubbed a"Tropical Trump" would win re-election in 2022, despite his controversial handling of the virus crisis.
The Latin American powerhouse has registered nearly 2.3 million cases of the new coronavirus and more than 84,000 deaths, and the numbers have continued to rise rapidly. The same day he admitted in a live Facebook video that he was feeling"a bit wretched at being imprisoned here."
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