Brazilian president's eldest son tests positive for COVID-19

Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, on Tuesday tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Without any COVID-19 symptoms, Flavio is at home, according to a statement by his spokesman. He has started taking chloroquine and azithromycin as part of a treatment against the virus.

Bolsonaro caught the virus earlier, as well as his wife Michelle Bolsonaro and his youngest son, Jair Renan.

Brazil reported 47,134 new COVID-19 cases with 1,271 more deaths on Tuesday, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 3,669,995 and death toll to 116,580, according to the country's official data.