Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces that he has tested positive for coronavirus

20. July 2020 22. July 2020

193

Chief executive of Brazil declares feeling well

Thursday is YouTube day at the Palácio da Alvorada. From there, the first man in the state likes to be close to his people. In View of the announcement to be made, last Thursday was surprisingly no different than usual. This time the talk was not about political issues but the health of the President.

Once it had become official that Bolsonaro was carrying the Coronavirus, the President took his first step forward – directly into the public eye. During his Live Broadcast, President Bolsonaro spoke detailed and freely about his initial reaction towards the Corona Virus.

For starters, he said to his people that he was feeling well. Then he went on to say something about the medicine he began to take.

Bolsonaro: "Hydroxychloroquine is my preventive measure"

“On Monday, it all began with muscle pain and a burning sensation in the lower parts of my eyes, and at about seventeen hundred o’clock, I took a chloroquine tablet. That is my right. It was a duly prescribed medication. Instructed by the doctor on how to use it… “

Nervous Staff – President stays tough

It seems that the impact of the news affected the Presidential Staff in charge to record the broadcast far more than the President himself.

During this 22 Minute live transmission, the first four Minutes are without Voice and Sound. At the beginning of the broadcast, nobody had noticed the failure to replicate the President’s speech.

Worldwide, President Bolsonaro is the third head of state infected with the Coronavirus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández had also been affected. Both overcame the disease weeks ago.