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The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro bet on a miracle drug hydroxychloroquine to help the country affected by the coronavirus, win COVID-19, according to Reuters. He pushed their government to make the drug widely available against malaria, and called on Brazilians to accept it, is to prevent illness and to heal.

Now the far-right populist subjected to a critical test: Tuesday Bolsonaro announced that he had tested positive for the disease and that he is taking hydroxychloroquine.

In a television interview Bolsonaro said that he received two primary doses in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin, and almost immediately felt better. He regretted that he had not done this before.

Later in a separate video, he swallowed a third pill. He said that he knows of other methods of treatment, but noted that none of them has proved its effectiveness.

Disease Bolsonaro is eloquent testimony to the unsuccessful reaction of his government on the outbreak. More than 1.7 million people in Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus and nearly 68 000 died. Only the United States showed the worst result.