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BRASILIA: A court in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to release the results of his coronavirus tests in two days, Brazilian media reported on Friday.
According to station G1, federal judge Ana Lucía Petri Betto has requested “results of all the tests that the president has carried out”.
Results must be provided within 48 hours, and each day beyond the deadline is punishable by a fine of 5,000 reais ($ 911).
The ruling reportedly came in response to a request published in the São Paulo official gazette.
In March Bolsonaro traveled to the United States with a delegation of which 20 members later tested positive for COVID-19. The Brazilian president himself has undergone several tests, but has always rejected positive tests.
If the court order reveals that he was, in fact, infected and withheld it, the president, who until now felt free to violate social estrangement and actively communicated with people in public, can be held liable to the point of judgment. politician.
As of Friday, more than 85,000 cases of coronavirus infection and nearly 6,000 related deaths have been confirmed in Brazil.
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According to station G1, federal judge Ana Lucía Petri Betto has requested “results of all the tests that the president has carried out”.
Results must be provided within 48 hours, and each day beyond the deadline is punishable by a fine of 5,000 reais ($ 911).
The ruling reportedly came in response to a request published in the São Paulo official gazette.
In March Bolsonaro traveled to the United States with a delegation of which 20 members later tested positive for COVID-19. The Brazilian president himself has undergone several tests, but has always rejected positive tests.
If the court order reveals that he was, in fact, infected and withheld it, the president, who until now felt free to violate social estrangement and actively communicated with people in public, can be held liable to the point of judgment. politician.
As of Friday, more than 85,000 cases of coronavirus infection and nearly 6,000 related deaths have been confirmed in Brazil.
