Brazil's President greets crowd of supporters

Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right President of Brazil, took a walk on the grounds of his presidential palace Sunday afternoon and greeted a crowd of supporters.

Video broadcast live on his Facebook page showed this.

While Bolsonaro was wearing a mask, he was closely flanked by a number of aides who did not appear to consistently maintain a significant social distance from him.

His country’s highest-profile Covid-19 patient repeatedly lowered his mask while talking, including when aides were nearby.

Supporters were separated from the President by a small water canal, but two people crossed over to Bolsonaro's side.

One man helped a second man, who appeared to have a physical disability, walk close to the President for a greeting.

Bolsonaro also raised what appeared to be a small box of medicine. During the pandemic, Bolsonaro has repeatedly endorsed the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine, even though the Brazilian Society of Infectious Disease issued a report Friday calling for medical professionals to stop using the drug for Covid-19 patients. Bolsonaro has said he has taken it since testing positive for the novel coronavirus.

 

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