Brazil's leader chuckles as he talks about having 'mould' in his lungs during a live broadcast.
He tested negative for the virus last Saturday but his wife Michelle, 38, tested positive on Thursday.Even after he was infected, the Brazilian president downplayed the severity of the virus.
He has regularly said that restrictions on businesses will be more damaging than the illness but most Brazilians disagree with his approach, according to recent opinion polls. Meanwhile, Brazil's science and technology minister Marcos Pontes, 57, has become the latest politician and the fifth cabinet minister to announce he has the coronavirus.
On Thursday night, Brazil's health ministry confirmed a total of 2,610,102 cases of coronavirus, up from 2,552,265 the previous day.
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