Bolsonaro has faced severe backlash for ignoring physical distancing norms and downplaying the seriousness of the disease.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for the coronavirus for the second time on Wednesday, AFP reported. He was first diagnosed with the infection on July 7.
“I’m fine, thank God,” he said in a social media message in Portuguese, according to the news agency. “Yesterday [Tuesday] morning, I took the test, and in the evening the result was that I am still positive for the coronavirus.”
Bolsonaro said that he was not experiencing any symptoms. The Brazil president added that he had been taking-anti malarial drug hydroxychloroquine since he was first found to have contracted the infection.
