{"id":321510,"date":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1483562"},"modified":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","slug":"brazil-minister-shook-hands-with-johnson-only-hours-before-positive-covid-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/22\/brazil-minister-shook-hands-with-johnson-only-hours-before-positive-covid-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil minister shook hands with Johnson only hours before positive Covid test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downing Street faced questions over whether Boris Johnson would have to undertake extra coronavirus tests after coming into contact with a positive coronavirus case on his US trip.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s health minister Marcelo Queiroga has confirmed via social media that he has tested positive for Covid and is in isolation only 24 hours after being filmed shaking hands with the Prime Minister in New York on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of the delegation when Mr Johnson met with Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro on the fringes of the United Nations general assembly (UNGA).<\/p>\n<h5>Unmasked<\/h5>\n<p>Asked whether Mr Johnson had taken a Covid-19 test or any other precautions since Mr Queiroga\u2019s result, a spokesman for the Prime Minister emphasised that the UK leader was fully vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Comunico a todos que hoje testei positivo para <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a>. Ficarei em quarentena nos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUA<\/a>, seguindo todos os protocolos de seguran\u00e7a sanit\u00e1ria. Enquanto isso, o <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minsaude?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@minsaude<\/a> seguir\u00e1 firme nas a\u00e7\u00f5es de enfrentamento \u00e0 pandemia no Brasil. Vamos vencer esse <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/1f9a0.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/>! <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/1f4aa-1f3fd.png\" alt=\"??\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/1f1e7-1f1f7.png\" alt=\"??\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OIaK8hDPy6\">pic.twitter.com\/OIaK8hDPy6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marcelo Queiroga (@mqueiroga2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mqueiroga2\/status\/1440487297095405571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>The No 10 spokesperson told reporters on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m obviously not out there and it is early in the morning (in the US).<\/p>\n<p>But there are strict Covid measures in place at UNGA which the Prime Minister will obviously adhere to.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, he is double jabbed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Queiroga shared an image on social media last month confirming he was vaccinated against Covid-19, unlike his leader Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n<p>During the UK-Brazil talks on Monday, Queiroga was pictured sitting away from Johnson and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who also attended.<\/p>\n<p>The health official wore a mask but neither the Prime Minister nor Truss chose to use a face covering.<\/p>\n<p>By <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/author\/thecanary\/\">The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/uk\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/brazil-minister-shook-hands-with-johnson-only-hours-before-positive-covid-test\/\">The Canary<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After facing questions about the encounter, No 10 emphasised that Boris Johnson had been \u2018double jabbed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>By <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/author\/thecanary\/\">The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,1006,338,4,1395,111,30382],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321511,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321510\/revisions\/321511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}