Two Brazilian Governors Test Positive for CCP Virus

Two Brazilian Governors Test Positive for CCP Virus
File photo of Rio de Janeiro's Governor Wilson Witzel in Brasilia, Brazil May 8, 2019. Reuters/Adriano Machado
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RIO DE JANEIRO—Two Brazilian state governors tested positive for the CCP virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, on Tuesday, in the tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon rainforest state of Pará, becoming the latest leaders to get the disease as it spreads across the country.

In a video posted on Twitter, Rio Governor Wilson Witzel said that after not feeling well in recent days, with a fever and sore throat, he requested a test and received the positive result for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus on Tuesday.