Brazil's Health Minister tests positive for COVID-19 in New York

Brazil's Health Minister tests positive for COVID-19 in New York

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Marcelo Queiroga was the second member of the Brazilian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, to have tested positive to the virus

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested hours after accompanying President to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 21,2021, the government said.

Mr. Queiroga will remain in New York in quarantine, the government's communications office said.

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