Brazil has lost more than 65,000 people to the virus and has more than 16 lakh cases while Bolsonaro has downplayed the disease.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday confirmed he tested positive for the coronavirus while speaking to reporters. “It [the test] came back positive,” he told them, according to The Guardian. Bolsonaro has followed almost no distancing norms during the pandemic, with him attending rallies and meeting groups of supporters for months now.
The Brazil president has also downplayed the disease for months. Now, Brazil has more than 16 lakh or 1.6 million cases of the virus, second only to the United States. More than 65,000 people in Brazil have died of Covid-19 so far, and the numbers show no signs of decreasing. “We are sorry for all the dead, but that’s everyone’s destiny,” he had said in June.
