FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures before a ceremony to lower the national flag overnight, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia , Brazil, July 24, 2020. REUTERS / Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that he was taking antibiotics for an infection that left him feeling weak, laughing in an online video about “mold” in his lungs, after spending weeks in isolation after detect the new coronavirus.
“I just did a blood test. I was feeling a little weak yesterday. They found a little infection too. Now I’m taking antibiotics, “Bolsonaro said in a live video, without giving more details about the infection.
“After 20 days indoors, I have other problems. I have mold on my lungs, “she said, referring to the nearly three weeks she spent at the official presidential residence. She tested positive for the coronavirus on July 7 and then negative last Saturday.
His wife Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive Thursday, according to a statement from the presidential palace. Science and Technology Minister Marcos Pontes also said he had tested positive for the virus, making him the fifth cabinet minister to be publicly diagnosed.
Bolsonaro said he would continue his visit to the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on Friday.
Report by Ricardo Brito; Written by Jake Spring; Editing by Brad Haynes and Grant McCool
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