President Jair Bolsonaro, a close Trump ally, says the media is exaggerating the outbreak, even as it reaches members of his government.
. Having remained largely silent as the coronavirus initially spread to Brazil earlier in March, he has leaned into that anti-media strategy this week as the global crisis has worsened ― and as the illness has possibly spread into his own administration.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president’s son and a member of Brazil’s National Congress, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington last week. At least one CPAC attendee later tested positive for the coronavirus, and multiple members of the U.S. Congressin response. It’s unknown whether Eduardo Bolsonaro interacted directly with the infected attendee.
As the number of cases has risen, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,Public health officials in Brazil have voiced similar concern. Dr.
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