Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

The senator is allied to Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. Source: AAP

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After months of downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, Mr Bolsonaro says he is taking the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine.

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