Brazil health minister tests positive for the coronavirus

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government says its health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus in New York after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. The government statement Tuesday night says Marcelo Queiroga is in good health and will remain in isolation in the United States. The minister is vaccinated against the virus. The statement also says other members of Brazil’s government in New York have tested negative for the virus. Bolsonaro has said he has not been vaccinated, though he was ill last year with COVID-19, the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.