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Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

by Associated Press
| July 7, 2020 9:03 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he has tested positive for the new coronavirus after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.

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