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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after travelling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida.
A statement from the president’s communications office on Thursday said director Fábio Wajngarten’s test results have come back positive, and that the presidency is adopting preventive measures to ensure Bolsonaro’s health.
President Bolsonaro has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting the result, though he is not showing any symptoms of the virus, his son Eduardo wrote on Twitter.
Local newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reported that Brazilian president’s results were expected on Friday.

Trump brushed off concerns Thursday about his possible exposure to the virus.
“Let’s put it this way: I’m not concerned,” Trump told reporters.
Wajngarten joined Bolsonaro on a three-day trip to the US and on Saturday was at the Mar-a-Lago resort, where he posted a photo of himself posing beside Trump. A video from the event also showed him standing directly behind both presidents as they addressed a crowd.
The meeting also included Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-law Jared Kushner, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Brazil’s foreign minister Ernesto Araujo, and Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo, who is a federal lawmaker, among others.
Has Trump been exposed to the coronavirus?
“We had dinner in Florida at Mar-a-Lago with the entire delegation,” Trump said on Thursday. “I don’t know if the press aide was there. But we did nothing very unusual.”
Wajngarten initially denied a report on Wednesday that he had been tested for the virus, saying on his social media account that his health was fine. He is now in self-quarantine at home, according to the statement.
The government also communicated with US authorities so that they can take cautionary measures, the Brazilian statement said.


The White House did not respond to repeated questions about the development, including whether the president and his senior staff are being tested for the virus and who, if anyone is planning to self-quarantine, given their direct contact with someone who has now tested positive.
Florida’s Senator Rick Scott, who met Bolsonaro in Miami, also said in a statement that he will self-quarantine despite believing his personal risk is low.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro has been tested and is awaiting result