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Bolsonaro met with at least 48 politicians and business leaders last week.

Jair Bolsonaro, who said he was infected with the new coronavirus, met with at least 48 people, including ministers, members of parliament, the United States ambassador to Brazil, business leaders, and presidents of soccer teams, in the last eight days.

Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: Isac Nobrega - PR)

247 - Diagnosed with Covid-19 this Tuesday (7), Jair Bolsonaro met with at least 48 people, including ministers, deputies, the United States ambassador to Brazil, businessmen and presidents of football teams, in the last eight days, according to his official agenda. information It's from the newspaper Estado de S.Paulo.

In some of these meetings, Bolsonaro did not wear a mask and shook hands or hugged some of his interlocutors. At the press conference this afternoon, he took off his mask next to several journalists. 

According to the report, the incubation period for the new coronavirus varies from 2 to 14 days, but it is more common for symptoms to appear between the fifth and seventh day after infection, according to the most recent studies. 

It is not yet known for certain from which day a patient can transmit the disease, even without showing symptoms, but several studies have already shown that the individual can indeed pass the virus on to other people during the pre-symptomatic period.