Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has tried positive for COVID-19, said on Facebook Thursday that he was "well indeed" and again upheld the utilization of the dubious medication hydroxychloroquine.

Bolsonaro, 65, showed up in his week by week Facebook Live post at his official living arrangement. He had all the earmarks of being fit as a fiddle and was not went with, as is frequently the situation, by priests or senior authorities, and the standard gesture-based communication translator was absent.

Since the start of the emergency, the extreme right president has excused the earnestness of the scourge and scrutinized control estimates requested by governors in Brazilian states.

Bolsonaro said that subsequent to feeling unwell toward the finish of a week ago, he had begun taking one hydroxychloroquine tablet consistently.

The medication, initially tried to battle intestinal sickness, has been pushed as a treatment for COVID-19 in numerous nations - yet its adequacy has not been officially demonstrated and the issue is profoundly separating the worldwide academic network.

"I'm stating this unmistakably," Bolsonaro said in his video.

"I took (hydroxychloroquine) and it worked, and I'm fine, say thanks to God. Furthermore, let the individuals who reprimand it in any event offer another option."

He did, be that as it may, deny making "promulgation for hydroxychloroquine".

Brazil is right now the second nation's hardest-hit nation on the planet by the pandemic, behind the United States.

The nation detailed 69,184 COVID-19-related passings on Thursday, with an expansion of 1,224 in the past 24 hours.