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Brazil's President Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus

Brazil's President Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus

Friday, 13 March 2020 12:39 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile.

He traveled to Florida last weekend and dined with his U.S. counterpart, President Donald Trump, and a member of the delegation that accompanied him had tested positive after a meeting Trump,

Bolsonaro, 64, received the test on Thursday after his communications director was confirmed to have the virus.

There had been a swirl of confusing information earlier Friday, with some media reporting Bolsonaro had received an initial positive test result. But the president's official social media account later said tests were negative.

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile.He traveled to Florida last weekend and dined with his U.S. counterpart, President Donald Trump, and a member of the delegation that...
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