A press secretary for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for the coronavirus less than a week after meeting with President Trump.
Fabio Wajngarten, Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, started feeling flu-like symptoms on Wednesday, and a subsequent test found he was positive for the coronavirus, according to Estadao. After the test, Bolsonaro and several others who traveled with Wajngarten to Miami to meet with Trump last week were placed under quarantine.
A regional development minister, Rogerio Marinho, noted that Bolsonaro’s scheduled visits throughout the country had been postponed as he waits to see if he is infected.
Bolsonaro and Wajngarten both visited Mar-a-Lago on Saturday to join Trump for dinner. Wajngarten was photographed standing just to the left of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, wearing a “Make Brazil Great Again” hat following the dinner. Several of Trump’s other associates were present at the dinner.
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The guy standing to Trump’s left just tested positive for coronavirus, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten posted this photo, taken during meetings at Mar-a-Lago, five days ago. pic.twitter.com/qioU4qIlxl
— Gabriel Stargardter (@gabstargardter) March 12, 2020
Trump and Pence had both not been tested for coronavirus as of Monday evening. The two also had recent contact with several prominent Republicans who had been in contact with Alan Berger, a New Jersey doctor who had tested positive for coronavirus after attending the Conservative Political Action Committee.
