The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed that he had tested positive for the coronavirus disease. In a live broadcast on television, the 65 year-old leader said he got to know of his status after his fourth test.

President Bolsonaro is one of the most vocal world leaders who have repeatedly brushed off the severity of the ongoing pandemic which has infected close to twelve million people and culminated in more than 540,000 deaths.

He refused to impose a lockdown on the country and labelled the pandemic as a tiny flu which could not derail his economic decisions.

He also condemned state governors who unilaterally imposed lockdowns calling for its truncation since it hurt the country’s economy. President Bolsonaro also attended large rallies without any form of protection against the deadly disease.

At his age, he falls within the higher-risk bracket who are very susceptible to the disease due to a weaker immune system.

Brazil is the second most-affected country in the world after United States in coronavirus cases and deaths. It has so far recorded over 1.6 million cases with a death toll of more than 66,000.

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Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has taken to social media to criticise US president Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chimamanda explained that she loves Brazil very much and even shared a video of herself listening to a song from Brazilian singer Xenia Franca. She blamed the South American country’s leader for his ineptitude.

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Donald Trump has been accused worldwide of downplaying the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States until the disease got out of control. Brazil’s resident, Jair Bolsonaro has also been vilified for his handling of the case.

Brazil has had two health ministers within a month after the first one was sacked and the second one tendered his resignation few weeks on the job. The country’s far-right leader wants to open up the country’s economy to the chagrin of state governors.

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Chimamanda pointed out that Brazil and United States now have high numbers of cases in the world with Russia been the only country separating the two. Combined coronavirus deaths between both countries currently is almost 120,000.

She blamed this on the leaders of both countries, writing:

“Both countries have populist ‘leaders’ full of a vacuous braggadocio that would be funny if it didn’t have life and death consequences for so many. Their irresponsibility costs lives. Their fragile, brittle egos cost lives. Real leadership matters. Love to the people of Brazil.”

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