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2020.07.20 22:11 GMT+8

Brazil's Minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni tested positive for COVID-19

Updated 2020.07.20 22:11 GMT+8
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Brazil's Minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni tested positive for COVID-19

Brazil's Minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni revealed Monday on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Lorenzoni said he experienced symptoms from July 16 and conducted polymerase chain reaction test the next day.

Earlier, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and three other senior officials have tested positive for COVID-19. 

Brazil has reported more than 2 million cases of COVID-19 with 79,488 deaths nationwide and seen the world's second-largest outbreak, after the United States, in terms of both the death toll and caseload. 

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