Bolsonaro bitten by giant bird during quarantine

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus for a second time, was reportedly bitten by an emu-like bird that he tried to feed while in quarantine at the presidential palace here, a media report said.

On Monday, Bolsonaro complained of his "horrible" isolation, saying he "can't stand this routine of staying at home", the Independent newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Later that day, he took a stroll around the Palacio da Alvorada in Brasilia and decided to feed the birds.

One of the flightless birds, called a rhea, "pecked" at the President, the Portuguese langauage Metropoles news website reported.

In a live Facebook broadcast on Wednesday, Bolsonaro confirmed that he has once again tested positive for COVID-19, roughly a week after he contracted the virus.

"We hope that in the next few days, they will give me a new test and, everything will be fine so that we can return to normal activity," he added.

Indo-Asian News Service