Michelle Bolsonaro, Brazil’s first lady, who is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world, tested positive for the virus Thursday, days after her husband, President Jair Bolsonaro, said she unless it came back negative after inflamed this month. .
Michelle was diagnosed Thursday, according to a report from the president’s office, but was “healthy and will comply with all established protocols,” she said.
She and her husband recently made public Wednesday in Brasilia on a occasion Michelle posted on her Instagram account.
At least one civil servant, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina said on Twitter that she would cancel her schedule after attending the occasion with the Bolsonaro as a precaution.
On Saturday, Michelle’s husband, Jair, announced that he unless he tested negative for the virus after being diagnosed on July 7.
Michelle was not the only one in the president’s circle to test positive Thursday: Marcos Pontes, one of Jair’s ministers, announced that he had also been diagnosed, the fifth minister to test positive.
Coronavirus continues to grow in Brazil, which with 2.5 million instances and more than 90,000 deaths on Thursday according to Johns Hopkins University is the highest hit by the post-U.S. pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, Jair minimized the risk of coronavirus in Brazil and opposed social estrangement, which he said was too damaging to the economy, even after he swelled himself.
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