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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

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FILE - In this May 26, 2020 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask with a logo of the Federal Police, leaves his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro won the presidency in 2018 with a campaign that emphasized law and order, and said police should be able to kill criminals with almost no legal constraints in order to curb homicides. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, FIle)

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus' severity.

Bolsonaro confirmed the test results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters in the capital of Brasilia.

``I'm well, normal. I even want to take a walk around here, but I can't due to medical recommendation,'' Bolsonaro said.

After months of downplaying the virus' severity, Brazil's president says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Wearing a mask, Jair Bolsonaro told reporters he is already taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial medicine un-proven to treat COVID-19.

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