Trump says he is not worried about coronavirus infection in Bolsonaro's entourage that met with him.
US President Donald Trump downplayed having been in contact with the head of the Special Secretariat for Social Communication (Secom), Fábio Wajngarten, who has coronavirus. "We had dinner together at Mar-a-Lago in Florida with the entire delegation. I don't know if the press secretary [Wajngarten] was there. If he was, he was," Trump said.
247 - US President Donald Trump said he is not worried about the coronavirus on Thursday, March 12. The Brazilian government's Secretary of Communication, Fábio Wajngarten, one of the members of Jair Bolsonaro's delegation that traveled to Florida for the meeting with Trump, was... confirmed with the virus. Bolsonaro is under monitoring. to see if you are not infected with the disease.
The American also stated that they had dinner together at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. "We had dinner together at Mar-a-Lago in Florida with the entire delegation. I don't know if the press secretary [Wajngarten] was there. If he was, he was. But we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. We sat close for a while, had a great conversation. He [Bolsonaro] is doing an excellent job in Brazil and we'll see what happens," he said.
"I believe they are being tested now. Let me put it this way: I'm not worried," he added.
However, Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott, who was with the Brazilian delegation on Monday the 9th, decided to self-quarantine after learning of the case, even though he did not present any symptoms of the disease.