Evening Update: Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19; WHO acknowledges ‘emerging evidence’ of airborne spread

Good evening, let’s start with today’s top coronavirus stories:

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for coronavirus after months of playing down its severity. He told reporters today that is already taking hydroxychloroquine – an anti-malarial unproven to effectively treat the COVID-19.More than 65,000 Brazilians have so far died from COVID-19 and more than 1.5 million have been infected. Both numbers are the world’s second-highest totals, and are considered to be underestimates due to the lack of widespread testing.Bolsonaro has said that his history as an athlete would […]

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