Son Of Brazilian President Tests Positive For Coronavirus

The eldest son of Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for coronavirus but is asymptomatic.

Flavio Bolsonaro, 39, said that he was "feeling fine" and was isolating himself at home, using hydroxychloroquine to treat himself, a drug that his father has pushed for use in the treatment against COVID-19, despite studies that have shown that the drug has negative effects on patients.

Flavio, who serves as a senator, is currently being probed for his connection to an alleged defrauding of government workers during his stint as a state lawmaker for Rio de Janeiro.

He's the fourth person from the Bolsonaro clan to test positive for the virus that his father had always described as "a little flu".

Bolsonaro senior had tested positive for the virus twice in July, causing him to stay in isolation for three weeks.

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A few days later, Bolsonaro's wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, also contracted the virus. Their 22-year-old son, Jair Renan, tested positive for coronavirus last week.

Brazil has reported over 3.6 million coronavirus cases, with 115,000 fatalities recorded, making the South American giant the second worst-hit nation after the United States.