According to the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is also infected his wife Michelle with the Coronavirus. The office of the President 38, announced on Thursday, the-Year-old to be positive to Sars-CoV-2 tested. In addition, the science Minister, Marcos Pontes, announced via Twitter that he had been tested after the Occurrence of a common cold-like symptoms a positive effect on the Virus. He is the fifth Cabinet member of the Coronavirus has been detected.

President Bolsonaro had on 7. In July, it was announced that the Coronavirus had been ascertained. He retreated to the presidential Palace in Brasília. On Saturday, he said he was negative tested.

On Wednesday, he took his first public appointment since more than two weeks, true, together with his wife. Michelle Bolsonaro is the third wife of the President.

Brazil saw the number of daily new infections with the Coronavirus as well as in the cases of death in connection with the lung disease Covid-19 new highs. The Ministry of health in Brasília, reported on Wednesday evening (local time) 69.074 new cases of infection within 24 hours. In total were registered in the largest and most populous country in Latin America so far 2.552.265 cases.

Also on Wednesday, newly reported 1595 deaths are a new sad record. However, the Federal state of Sao Paulo had previously held – according to a report by the newspaper “Folha de Sao Paulo” for technical reasons data from Tuesday back, which distorted the daily count for something. With the newly registered cases of death by Brazil broke the brand out of a total of 90,000 Corona-dead. Only in the United States so far, more infections and deaths were recorded in the Corona of a pandemic.

The actual Numbers in Brazil are likely to be much higher, also because the country is testing very little. Scientific studies suggest that at least infected seven times as many people as far as is known, and twice as many as recorded to have died. Brazil has 210 million inhabitants, and 24 times as big as Germany.

in the Middle of the Grassi Corona ends of the pandemic, Brazil opened in addition, for initially 30 days, numerous airports for foreigners. A corresponding regulation was published on Wednesday evening (local time) in the official journal “Diário Oficial”. Therefore, tourists must provide evidence before a stay of up to 90 days of health insurance, which is in Brazil valid and the period of travel covers. Further banned from entering the country from the air without a reason about the States of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraíba, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, and Tocantins, as well as on the Land or sea.