Brazilian President tests positive once again for COVID-19

Brasil: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Wednesday that he has once again tested positive for the novel coronavirus, roughly a week after he first tested positive for the virus.

“We hope that in the next few days, they will give me a new test and, everything will be fine so that we can return to normal activity,” he said in a live broadcast on his Facebook account.

The communication secretariat of the presidency stated in a release that Bolsonaro is staying at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, “and continues to be accompanied by the medical team.”