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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has denied reports that he has tested positive for coronavirus.

He took to Twitter to confirm he is awaiting the results of a second test on Friday.

Bolsonaro tweeted: "Coronavirus exam done with the team that were with JB in USA have not yet been completed."

Reports in the US and Brazil said Bolsonaro has contracted the virus, which led to a strong denial from the president on social media.

He dined with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday night, along with his press secretary, who was diagnosed with the disease following the trip.

Pictures and video show Trump, Bolsonaro and his press secretary Fabio Wajngarten all in close proximity on March 7.

Wajngarten was tested in Sao Paulo and received his positive result on Thursday after showing signs of flu.

Trump however told reporters on Thursday: "I'm not concerned."

According to Fox News, a number of White House officials were called into an urgent meeting in the chief of staff's office.

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Bolsonaro appeared on TV on yesterday asking people to avoid the streets, after initially playing down the crisis, saying: "Other flus kill more than this" and also called concern over coronavirus “oversized”.

His son tweeted on Thursday that his father "is not exhibiting any symptoms of the disease".

Bolsonaro, who turns 65 this month, and other members of the delegation that accompanied him on the trip to America were being monitored.

Bolsonaro reportedly appeared in a mask this morning and did not leave the Palácio da Alvorada, the official residence, according to local news outlet Jornal Odia.

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Trump confirmed on Thursday that some travel from Europe to the US will be suspended for a month.

They only apply to foreign nationals and not to American citizens who have been screened before entering the US.

Trump said: "We are marshaling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the American people.

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"This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history."

The number of cases in America has soared to over 1,200 with more than 118,000 cases and 4,290 deaths worldwide.

Hundreds of schools and colleges across the country have closed and several cities including Boston, New Orleans and Savannah, Georgia - canceled their St. Patrick's Day parades.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken firm measures in New York, with the National Guard to help clean a suburb of 80,000 with more than 108 cases.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the public health situation was "unprecedented".