For calling him a wife beater. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Hes been tested before and been negative, but now on the fourth procedure, president Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. The president has spent months of downplaying the viruss severity, and now finds himself taking hydroxychloroquine. Its a Stunning Development in a country that is second only to the us in both cases and deaths. Our south america correspondent katy watson reports. Brazils graveyards, a testament to the countrys crisis. Every day, more tombs are filled, every burial another number in the countrys shocking statistics. Tens of thousands of people are falling ill every day, numbers that Jair Bolsonaro has often dismissed, but now he is one of them. The president went on television to announce the test results. For once, he was wearing a mask, but leaving very little distance between him and journalists as he shared his experience of the virus. Translation it sta
Hello and welcome, if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im tim willcox. The white house has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the world health organisation. It means the us would break ties with the Global Public health body at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Donald trump has frequently criticised the who, accusing it of covering up the coronavirus outbreak with china and failing to hold beijing to account. Our correspondent david willis joins me now from los angeles. David, he threatened to do this, the formal notification now. But a year before they can actually physically withdraw, which takes us past the election. It does, tim, and the Presumptive Democratic rival for president , joe biden, has said that he will reverse mr trump decision, and he will rejoin the who if hes elected. But mr trump of course has been highly critical of the organisation. He believes it is