Key Brazil Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19
March 18, 2020
A key player in Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, National Security Minister Augusto Heleno, said Wednesday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
The retired army general, whose job includes running the intelligence services, is the latest in a string of Brazilian officials to be diagnosed with COVID-19 following a presidential trip to the United States during which they met President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.