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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his second coronavirus test was negative and his government asked Congress to authorize a state of emergency that would allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the virus’ spread.

Bolsonaro tested negative in an initial examination last week after his communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, who was part of a presidential party that visited Florida and met with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, tested positive.

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“I inform that my second test for COVID-19 came back negative,” he wrote on Twitter. “Good night to everyone.”

Minutes before his tweet, his office issued a statement saying that the federal government would ask Congress to authorize a state of emergency until Dec. 31.

The move places Brazil in a growing list of nations that have directed staggering amounts of money to protect their economies and prop up their health systems from the coronavirus outbreak.