Brazilian minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Brazilian minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson

Marcelo Queiroga sat close to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at New York meeting

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Wed 22 Sep 2021 11.05 BST

Brazil’s health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, has tested positive for Covid and gone into isolation, 24 hours after meeting a maskless Boris Johnson and other British officials in New York.

Queiroga, who sat close to Johnson and the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, on Monday during their meeting with Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced his positive test on Twitter on Tuesday night.

Soon after, the Brazilian news website Metrópoles reported that Brazil had decided to abort its participation in the UN general assembly as a result of what was the second confirmed case of Covid in its delegation.

Queiroga, 55, a cardiologist, was filmed shaking hands with Johnson and patting the prime minister on the arm during Monday’s gathering at the consulate general’s house in New York.

Link to tweet

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/brazils-health-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-after-meeting-maskless-johnson

[snowybirdie]

1. Kind of misleading.

Generally, people don't test positive a day later. Missing is the fact this guy comes from Brazil where the leader won't vaccinate or wear a mask.