Brazil health minister tests positive for the coronavirus
Sep. 21, 2021
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 4:44 a.m.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro puts back on a protective face mask after speaking during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP)EDUARDO MUNOZ/AP
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health minister tested positive for the coronavirus in New York after President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
Brazil's government said in a statement that Marcelo Quiroga was in good health and would remain in isolation in the United States. He got his first shot of coronavirus vaccine in January.
Other members of Brazil’s government in New York tested negative for the virus, the statement said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bolsonaro spoke at the General Assembly, flouting the requirement for all attendees to be vaccinated against the virus.
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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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Marcelo Queiroga, Brazil's Health Minister
