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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is being tested for the coronavirus days after earlier in the week calling the pandemic a “fantasy.”

The far-right leader is being monitored for the deadly bug that has spread to at least 34 people in the Latin American country, Reuters reported, citing the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.

Bolsonaro previously tried to downplay the worldwide health threat Tuesday during a visit to Miami, Florida.

“During the past year, obviously, we have had moments of crisis. A lot of that is fantasy. And coronavirus, which is not [what] all the mainstream media makes it out to be,” he said.

Bolsonaro returned to Brazil this week after meeting on Saturday with President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Miami.

The White House said earlier in the week that Trump was in “excellent health” after shaking hands with a congressman exposed to the virus.

“The President has not received COVID-19 testing because he has neither had prolonged close contact with any known confirmed COVID-19 patients, nor does he have any symptoms,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said. “President Trump remains in excellent health, and his physician will continue to closely monitor him.”

With Post wires