Philippine President to be tested for virus, palace cleaned
5 years ago

Philippine President to be tested for virus, palace cleaned

The Hindu  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would be tested for the new coronavirus Thursday after he met with Cabinet officials who were exposed to infected people and have now self-quarantined, official said Thursday. Mr. Duterte has no symptoms of COVID-19 but wanted to make sure he is healthy and could continue to engage with the public, said Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, a former presidential aide who still accompanies Mr. Duterte to official functions. "Some members of the Malacaũang press corps who covered the economic briefing also deemed it best to undergo self-quarantine,” Andanar said, referring to journalists regularly covering presidential palace events. The 74-year-old Duterte, who skipped work due to illness a number of times last year, postponed a trip to Boracay island on Thursday due to concerns over COVID-19, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said.

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Duterte wants unvaccinated jailed as COVID rate hits record high
3 years, 2 months ago

Duterte wants unvaccinated jailed as COVID rate hits record high

Al Jazeera  

The Philippines’ 43.7 percent positivity rate on Saturday – an all-time high for the fourth straight day – has been driven by the Omicron variant. The Philippines has reported at least 21,819 new COVID-19 infections, raising the country’s positivity rate to another all-time high of 40 percent out of 70,049 tests conducted, as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of …

Official Who Travelled With Joe Biden to Europe This Week Tested Positive For Virus, Quarantined in Scotland
3 years, 4 months ago

Official Who Travelled With Joe Biden to Europe This Week Tested Positive For Virus, Quarantined in Scotland

News 18  

A person traveling with President Joe Biden to Europe this past week received a positive test result for the coronavirus, the administration confirmed Thursday, saying the individual did not have close contact with the president. The fully-vaccinated person is asymptomatic and is remaining in Scotland to quarantine while undergoing additional tests after testing positive on a lateral flow rapid test …

Four from Brazilian President Bolsonaro's inner circle test Covid positive: Two accompanied him at UNGA
3 years, 5 months ago

Four from Brazilian President Bolsonaro's inner circle test Covid positive: Two accompanied him at UNGA

India Today  

Days after the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the United Nations General Assembly several members who accompanied him to the annual gathering have tested positive for Covid-19. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro pulls off his protective face mask to address the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly. Apart from the health Minister, Bolsonaro's son Eduardo and Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina …

Brazil health minister tests Covid positive hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to UNGA
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil health minister tests Covid positive hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to UNGA

India TV News  

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. Other members of Brazil’s government in New York tested negative for the virus, the statement said. I'll last year with Covid-19, the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus, Bolsonaro has said several times over the …

Brazil's Health Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19 at UN Gathering
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil's Health Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19 at UN Gathering

News 18  

Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York that was inaugurated by his president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to an official statement. Queiroga, who had received a Covid-19 vaccine, was the second member of Bolsonaro’s entourage to test positive for the virus since arriving in New York for the UN …

Philippines President threatens people refusing vaccine, says go to India
3 years, 8 months ago

Philippines President threatens people refusing vaccine, says go to India

India Today  

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said during a pre-recorded televised public address that people who are not willing to get vaccinated will be arrested. While addressing the nation, Rodrigo Duterte said, “Don’t get me wrong. Rodrigo Duterte further threatened vaccine decliners with a dose of ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug used to treat animals. You people who don’t like to get …

Philippine President Duterte threatens to have citizens arrested if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Philippine President Duterte threatens to have citizens arrested if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine

ABC  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate with efforts to end a public health emergency. Key points: Many Filipinos are delaying vaccination because they are holding out for a Western vaccine Only two per cent of Filipinos have been vaccinated with at …

Philippine president’s idea for vaccine incentive: Avoid arrest
3 years, 9 months ago

Philippine president’s idea for vaccine incentive: Avoid arrest

LA Times  

The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of residents who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations and told them to leave the country if they do not cooperate with the efforts to contain the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte, who is known for his public outbursts and brash rhetoric, said in televised remarks Monday night that he has become exasperated with people …

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as his country battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths. “You choose, vaccine or I will have you jailed,” Duterte said in a televised address on Monday following reports of low turnouts at several vaccination …

COVID-19: Could the Philippines see an India-style surge?
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Could the Philippines see an India-style surge?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, May 4 at 19:30GMT: The Philippines is in the throes of one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in Southeast Asia, topping one million total infections last week. In an attempt to assuage those fears, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte last week received his first vaccine dose live on Facebook. Rights group Amnesty International says what it calls the government’s …

Duterte defends soldiers who got illegal COVID vaccine from China
4 years, 2 months ago

Duterte defends soldiers who got illegal COVID vaccine from China

Al Jazeera  

President’s spokesman also brushes off report that 100,000 Chinese online gambling workers in the Philippines received smuggled vaccine. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls for a Senate investigation into the revelation that Filipino soldiers guarding him had already been inoculated with an unauthorised coronavirus vaccine smuggled from China. The president’s latest statement came amid additional revelations that aside from …

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte blocks Senate attempt to probe guards’ use of Covid-19 vaccine
4 years, 2 months ago

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte blocks Senate attempt to probe guards’ use of Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte directed the head of his military detail on Monday to ignore a legislative summons, foiling the Senate’s attempt to probe his guards for inoculating themselves with an unauthorized Covid-19 vaccine. “I am ordering you to stay put in the barracks.” Durante last week said a handful of unit members used the vaccine “in good faith” because …

Interior secretary is latest Trump official to test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Interior secretary is latest Trump official to test positive for coronavirus

LA Times  

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has tested positive for the coronavirus, an agency spokesman said. Bernhardt’s test result Wednesday makes him the latest Trump administration official to be infected with the coronavirus. They include White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, political advisor Kellyanne Conway and Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph …

Rudy Giuliani Has Tested Positive for COVID, Trump Says
55 years, 2 months ago

Rudy Giuliani Has Tested Positive for COVID, Trump Says

Slate  

President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a tweet that Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19. At 76, Giuliani is considered at high risk for severe illness..@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the …

Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines
4 years, 4 months ago

Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines

Al Jazeera  

Philippine president’s top science and technology official says vaccine would be available at the earliest in mid-2021. President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines in the Philippines to prevent the risk of corruption. Duterte made his latest pronouncement even as his Science and Technology Department secretary admitted that in the …

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’

CNN  

CNN — Until President Trump’s coronavirus infection, the White House strategy for keeping him and others in the administration safe was one of testing only. Testing-only strategy a ‘complete failure’ Unlike mask-wearing, testing would not “send the wrong message” as Trump has said in the past, and one he reinforced when he pointedly took off his mask on the White …

White House reports spate of COVID-19 cases: A list of top US officials who've contracted the coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

White House reports spate of COVID-19 cases: A list of top US officials who've contracted the coronavirus

Firstpost  

Stephen Miller was the latest person to have tested positive in the White House in the past few days after Trump himself contracted the infection Stephen Miller, US president Donald Trump’s senior advisor and speechwriter, tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Following is a list of COVID-19 cases reported from the White House: Donald Trump Donald Trump tested positive …

Another Trump aide, Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 5 months ago

Another Trump aide, Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19

India TV News  

Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Donald Trump, tested positive for COVID-19, taking the number of White House staffers infected by the deadly virus to at least 10. President Trump, along with First Lady Melania Trump, tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday, soon after it was known that their close aide Hope Hicks contracted the infection. White House Press …

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. GOD", while James Mangold, director of Logan and the forthcoming Indiana Jones 5, simply posted …

Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet

News 18  

US President Donald Trump said, “The virus, it virtually affects nobody,” in September. As ironic as the famous last words sound, US President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantined after a top aide tested positive for coronavirus, in a shock development that disrupts his …

Tracing the path of COVID-19 to — and from — President Trump
4 years, 5 months ago

Tracing the path of COVID-19 to — and from — President Trump

LA Times  

When President Trump announced early Friday morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House quickly became ground zero for the most high-profile contact-tracing effort of the pandemic. The president and First Lady Melania Trump were tested after learning that Hope Hicks, an advisor in Trump’s inner circle, had contracted the virus. Positive tests have been announced …

’Experiment on me first’: Philippines President takes Russia covid vaccine offer
4 years, 7 months ago

’Experiment on me first’: Philippines President takes Russia covid vaccine offer

Live Mint  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Russia’s offer of its coronavirus vaccine, volunteering to take the first shot as a gesture of trust and gratitude. Duterte last month said he also asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help the Philippines get priority access to a Covid-19 vaccine. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said members of “risk groups,” such as medical workers, …

Duterte volunteers for trial of Russian coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 7 months ago

Duterte volunteers for trial of Russian coronavirus vaccine

Al Jazeera  

Amid warnings by experts, Russia steps up vaccine development and promises to deliver it to the Philippines. To allay public fears, Duterte offered to be a guinea pig when the vaccine arrives and said: “I can be the first they can experiment on.” His office on Tuesday said the Philippines stands ready to work with Russia on vaccine trials, supply …

Philippines coronavirus: Critics accuse the government of using lockdowns to crack down on dissent
4 years, 7 months ago

Philippines coronavirus: Critics accuse the government of using lockdowns to crack down on dissent

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Questioning the world’s toughest coronavirus restrictions can be a risky business in the Philippines. “If happened at a time when we weren’t under quarantine, there would have been mass protests outside,” said Maria Ressa, a journalist and critic of the Duterte administration. The strict coronavirus measures devastated the country’s economy, leading the Duterte administration to pass …

Duterte threatens criminals, seeks death penalty for drugs
4 years, 7 months ago

Duterte threatens criminals, seeks death penalty for drugs

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned would-be criminals on Monday that “bodies will pile up” if they turn to robberies and other crimes during the coronavirus pandemic and urged that the death penalty be restored for illegal drugs. Duterte acknowledged that his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was “far from perfect” and but gave assurances that “we …

Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur in self-quarantine after deputy secretary tests COVID positive
4 years, 7 months ago

Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur in self-quarantine after deputy secretary tests COVID positive

India TV News  

Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur in self-quarantine after deputy secretary tests COVID positive Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said he was going into self-quarantine after a deputy secretary in his office tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. However, Additional Chief Secretary RD Dhiman said the chief minister’s sample was taken for testing for coronavirus infection and …

Brazil: Two ministers test positive for coronavirus in a day
4 years, 8 months ago

Brazil: Two ministers test positive for coronavirus in a day

CNN  

São Paulo CNN — Two Brazilian ministers have tested positive for the coronavirus in one day, following in the footsteps of President Jair Bolsonaro and three other high-ranking government officials. Brazil’s Minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19 just hours before Milton Ribeiro, Minister of Education, revealed that he was also infected. Brazilian President …

Coronavirus | Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive

The Hindu  

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus’ severity. On Monday, Mr. Bolsonaro told supporters in Brasilia that he underwent an X-ray of his lungs that showed they were clean, and that he would be tested for COVID-19. Independence Day with the nation’s ambassador to Brazil, then shared pictures on social …

Coronavirus: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to extend lockdown beyond 9 weeks
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to extend lockdown beyond 9 weeks

India Today  

The Philippines will extend its lockdown beyond nine weeks in "some areas" this weekend, according to its president, stretching one of the world's strictest and longest community quarantines to try to contain coronavirus outbreaks. President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned the extension during a meeting with his Covid-19 task force that was aired on state television on Tuesday morning, but did not …

Coronavirus World Update, May 11: Wuhan’s new COVID-19 cluster, members of USA coronavirus taskforce in quarantine
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus World Update, May 11: Wuhan’s new COVID-19 cluster, members of USA coronavirus taskforce in quarantine

Firstpost  

Over 4.2 million people in the world have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. Over 4.2 million people in the world have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, as per Worldometer.com’s data. The country reported 11, 656 new cases and 94 deaths on May 11, bringing the total number of cases to 221,344 and the total number of deaths to …

US Vice President Mike Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

US Vice President Mike Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus

India TV News  

United States Vice President Mike Pence's office staffer tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, a senior administration official confirmed the news to one of America's leading news website. The report comes a day after President Donald Trump’s personal valet tested positive with the COVID-19 infection. As per CBS News report, the valet, a member of the military, would have had …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte accuses rebels of killing soldiers, threatens to declare martial law
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte accuses rebels of killing soldiers, threatens to declare martial law

Firstpost  

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Friday said Rodrigo Duterte also approved during a meeting with cabinet officials the extension of a lockdown in metropolitan Manila and several provinces and cities up to 15 May. Manila: Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has angrily threatened to declare martial law after accusing communist rebels of killing two soldiers, who escorted the delivery of cash …

Duterte extends Philippines’s coronavirus lockdown to April 30
4 years, 11 months ago

Duterte extends Philippines’s coronavirus lockdown to April 30

Al Jazeera  

Order to extend restriction of movement comes amid rising death toll and delays to a planned mass testing programme. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has extended until April 30 a partial lockdown of the country, affecting an estimated 57 million people in the northern island of Luzon, his cabinet secretary announced on Tuesday. In a televised address late on Monday night, …

92 hospital staff, including doctors quarantined after patient tests Covid19 positive
4 years, 11 months ago

92 hospital staff, including doctors quarantined after patient tests Covid19 positive

Deccan Chronicle  

Pune: At least 92 staff members, including several doctors, of the D Y Patil Hospital here in Maharashtra have been quarantined after an accident victim, who was being treated at the facility, tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Monday. The patient, an autorickshaw driver, met with the accident on March 31, said Jitendra Bhawalkar, dean of the D …

CRPF DG goes into self-quarantine after force doc tests Covid-19 +ve: Report
4 years, 11 months ago

CRPF DG goes into self-quarantine after force doc tests Covid-19 +ve: Report

Hindustan Times  

Two days after Central Reserve Police Force chief medical officer was tested positive for coronavirus, DG CRPF, A P Maheshwari, has gone into self quarantine as a precautionary measure, officials said. The indirect contact of CRPF DG AP Maheshwari has tested negative for COVID-19 but the DG is observing quarantine as per protocol. The indirect contact has tested negative for …

Coronavirus: Philippines​ issues 'shoot dead' order against lockdown violators
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Philippines​ issues 'shoot dead' order against lockdown violators

Op India  

In an unprecedented move to contain the deadly Chinese Coronavirus from spreading further in his country, the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the police and military to ‘shoot dead’ the lockdown violators. Read: Tablighi Jamaat members kept in Ghaziabad hospital roam naked in the ward, make lewd gestures toward female staff He furthered that it was vital everyone cooperates …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Philippines reports 10 new deaths, taking toll to 88; total number of positive cases 2,084 so far
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Philippines reports 10 new deaths, taking toll to 88; total number of positive cases 2,084 so far

Firstpost  

Ten more deaths took the toll to 88, while the tally of infections rose to 2,084, with 538 additional cases, said health ministry official Maria Rosario Vergeire Manila: The Philippines recorded on Tuesday its largest daily increase in coronavirus deaths and infections, as it ramped up testing with the arrival of thousands of kits from abroad and the opening of …

Coronavirus : Gujarat Govenment sets up warning signs outside houses
5 years ago

Coronavirus : Gujarat Govenment sets up warning signs outside houses

Op India  

In a bid to contain the transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus, the Gujarat Government will disclose names of the 18 patients who had tested positive for the deadly pathogen. pic.twitter.com/wCIJ64DMCp — Manoj Lahoti @ T4 March 22, 2020 The administration has put up posters outside houses of people who have been kept under home quarantine to prevent others from entering …

Amid coronavirus alarm, politicians defy health experts’ warnings
5 years ago

Amid coronavirus alarm, politicians defy health experts’ warnings

Al Jazeera  

Analysts say social distancing best way to curb spread of virus as deadly pandemic is expected to worsen in coming days. But even if the science behind social distancing is strong, governments “find it difficult to impose” the practice, because it goes against the “instinct of humans” and it carries with it political and economic costs, noted Dr Khor, who …

Duterte puts northern Philippines under quarantine vs virus
5 years ago

Duterte puts northern Philippines under quarantine vs virus

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday placed the northern third of the country under an “enhanced community quarantine” that requires millions of people to stay mostly at home in an attempt to contain the coronavirus, which has killed a dozen people in the Southeast Asian nation. Banks, hospitals, drugstores and supermarkets will remain open but only one …

Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people
5 years ago

Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people

Al Jazeera  

For daily wage earners, no work means no pay ‘so no choice’ and social distancing is impossible, critics say. Manila, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has put the entire Philippine island of Luzon under an “enhanced community quarantine” until April 12 to stop the spread of coronavirus infections. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo earlier explained that, under an enhanced community quarantine, …

Coronavirus | Philippine capital to undergo curfew, mall closures as coronavirus deaths rise to eight
5 years ago

Coronavirus | Philippine capital to undergo curfew, mall closures as coronavirus deaths rise to eight

The Hindu  

Mayors of Metro Manila's 16 cities announced nighttime curfews on Saturday and urged shopping malls to close for one month, in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, as the Philippines reported its eighth death. President Rodrigo Duterte has raised the country's health emergency status to the highest level and issued quarantine measures in the capital, home …

Trump says he’s likely to be tested after repeat exposure
5 years ago

Trump says he’s likely to be tested after repeat exposure

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he will “most likely” be tested for the novel coronavirus, as questions swirled about why he, his top aides and his family weren’t doing more to protect themselves and others after repeated exposure to COVID-19. Even so, Trump told the nation, “All Americans have a role to play in defeating this virus.” “Anyone …

Australian Pol Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Days After Meeting Ivanka, Barr
5 years ago

Australian Pol Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Days After Meeting Ivanka, Barr

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Australian politician has tested positive for coronavirus, just days after meeting with Ivanka Trump and Attorney General William Barr in Washington. Peter Dutton, Australia’s minister for home affairs, was last week photographed standing next to Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and adviser, and Barr at a FiveEyes intelligence alliance meeting about addressing online child exploitation: Yesterday …

The official of the Brazilian president was in a dinner event attended by Trump last week
5 years ago

The official of the Brazilian president was in a dinner event attended by Trump last week

Op India  

The White House has informed that US President Donald Trump will not undergo coronavirus test, despite meeting an infected Brazilian official, Fabio Wajngarten, at his resort in Florida on Saturday. Wajngarten who serves as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary had accompanied the latter in his US trip and attended an official meeting with the US President. #BREAKING No need …

Donald Trump 'not concerned' about possible exposure to coronavirus after he dined with Brazilian official who tested positive
5 years ago

Donald Trump 'not concerned' about possible exposure to coronavirus after he dined with Brazilian official who tested positive

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining …

Trump now says he will ‘likely’ receive a coronavirus test
5 years ago

Trump now says he will ‘likely’ receive a coronavirus test

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump said Friday he would “likely” receive a coronavirus test “fairly soon” even as he minimized the prospects of having contracted the virus from a Brazilian press aide who later tested positive. Earlier Friday, White House officials sprang into action soon after early rumors began to surface that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro may have tested …

As coronavirus inches closer, Trump says he’s likely to be tested
5 years ago

As coronavirus inches closer, Trump says he’s likely to be tested

LA Times  

President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office for a news conference to declare a national emergency in response to the coronavirus. President Trump said Friday he will likely be tested for the coronavirus “fairly soon,” as questions swirled about why the president, his top aides and his family weren’t doing more to protect themselves and others against COVID-19. …

Trump Not Planning To Get Coronavirus Test After Meeting Aide Who Tested Positive
5 years ago

Trump Not Planning To Get Coronavirus Test After Meeting Aide Who Tested Positive

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s not concerned that he came into contact with a Brazilian official who has since tested positive for coronavirus, even as other U.S. politicians who may have met the man self-quarantine as a precaution. During remarks Thursday at the White House, Trump said that he was “not concerned” about the meeting with …

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump
5 years ago

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director, Fábio Wajngarten, tested positive just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with …

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