Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever.
The right-wing populist, who has played down the severity of the virus which he has called a "little flu," took the test yesterday after developing symptoms.
In the interview broadcast on state-run TV Brasil, Mr Bolsonaro said he began feeling ill on Sunday and has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug with unproven effectiveness against Covid-19.
Brazil has the world's second-largest outbreak behind the United States. Latin America's largest country has more than 1.6million confirmed cases and 65,000 Covid-19 deaths.