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SÃO PAULO – While fighting a court fight not to reveal the result of his examination to Covid-19, President Jair Twitter He said Thursday that “he may have contracted this virus in the past.” The statement was made during an interview with Guaíba radio, from Porto Alegre, on his visit to the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.
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– I may have detected this virus in the past, maybe, maybe, and I didn’t even feel it. Here at home, the whole family was negative. Maybe I got infected there and didn’t even know it. Maybe I do have an antibody, the president stated.
In February, after seeing several members of his entourage who traveled to the United States with a positive result of the disease, Jair Bolsonaro underwent two tests to detect the presence of the coronavirus. However, he has refused to disclose them. According to him, both were negative, that is, indicating that he did not hire Covid-19.
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At the beginning of the week, the newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo” guaranteed in court the right to obtain the exams carried out by the president. Judge Ana Lúcia Petri Betto, of the 14th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo, forced the Federal Government to provide the examination reports within 48 hours. However, the Office of the Attorney General (AGU) reported that it sent a medical report from March 18 to the Court in which it claims that Bolsonaro had a negative test result, but did not disclose the evidence.
This Thursday, the judge gave Jair Bolsonaro another 48 hours to show the reports to Justice. According to her, the medical report sent by AGU does not “fully” comply with the determination, according to the newspaper.
After returning from the United States, according to the Presidency, Bolsonaro underwent two tests, both in March. The president claims that the two results were negative, but despite the charges, he refuses to show the results publicly.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic in Brazil, Bolsonaro has minimized the effects of the disease and criticized state governments that have implemented measures such as increasing social distance. Bolsonaro was criticized by authorities and experts for ignoring preventive measures against the new coronavirus when, for example, it caused crowds in pharmacies and bakeries, in addition to greeting supporters with his hands.
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Official government events were also criticized for crowds and physical contact between participants, most of whom did not wear protective masks. Despite the increase in the number of coronavirus cases, the columnist for the O Globo newspaper Bela Megale reported that the Palace of Planalto resumed its events in the hall with the largest number of people.
The columnist for Época magazine, Guilherme Amado, published information about the breakfast offered to more than 30 deputies at the Alvorada Palace. The guests did not wear a mask, in addition to disrespecting distance and making physical contact and sharing objects, such as cell phones for selfies. Attitudes violate preventive measures recommended by health authorities.
