After Showing His Middle Finger to Protesters, Brazil's Health Minister Is Diagnosed with Covid in N
Source: Folha
Queiroga is second infected in the Brazilian delegation to the UN Assembly
Sep.22.2021 1:31PM
Brazil's Health Minister, Marcelo Queiroga, was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Tuesday (21) during a trip to New York to accompany the UN General Assembly.
It was the second confirmed contamination in the delegation accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) in the country.
Queiroga did not board with the delegation that has already returned to Brazil this Tuesday. He was supposed to accompany the presidential entourage, but he stayed in isolation in New York.
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................He had been vaccinated with the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine, the minister said last week. He did not say when he received the shot.
CNN Brasil was first to report on the minister's condition ahead of the release of the presidential statement.
A spokesman for the UN secretary-general declined to comment, saying they had "a contact tracing protocol in place in case of cases arising" at the UN headquarters.
Earlier this week, Queiroga came under fire for responding to protesters in New York with an obscene gesture, according to CNN Brasil. Videos went viral on social media, showing the moment he appeared in the window of a minibus and gestured to protesters in front of the residence of the Brazilian Mission at the UN, CNN Brasil reported.
