Brazil Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga
Brazil's Minister of Health has tested positive for COVID-19 while attending a United Nations conference in New York City where he met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and stayed at the same hotel as Joe Biden.
Brazil's presidential office announced on Tuesday that Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga had tested positive for the virus and will be quarantining in New York for two weeks.
Queiroga had met with Johnson on Monday, where they shook hands and stood beside each other while the British leader was not wearing a mask.
It is unclear whether Queiroga is vaccinated.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands as a vaccine skeptic and previously boasted about attending the UN meeting without being vaccinated, CBS reports.
Bolsonaro's son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, also criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday after the mayor warned the president not to come to the city due to his vaccine stance, calling it a 'textbook Marxist' move.
On Twitter, Queiroga wrote, 'I communicate to everyone that today I tested positive for #Covid19. I will be quarantined in #USA , following all health safety protocols. Meanwhile, the @minsaude will remain firm in the actions to fight the pandemic in Brazil. let's win this!'
Marcelo Queiroga, far right, can be spotted shaking hands with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as UK and Brazilian leaders meet to discuss the pandemic on September 21
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, met with Johnson, right, as the part of the United Nations General Assembly. The Brazilian president spoke out against vaccine mandates
Queiroga confirmed on Twitter that he had contracted the virus and is in quarantine
The health minister was the second member of the Brazilian delegation in New York to test positive for COVID after a diplomat who was part of President Bolsonaro's advance team tested positive over the weekend.
Some members of the Brazilian delegation have canceled their participation at the remaining parts of the UN meeting to avoid possibly infection other nation's diplomats, Queiroga told CNN.
Queiroga had also been staying at the same hotel as President Joe Biden, who also went on to meet with Johnson after the prime minister's meeting with Queiroga.
After meeting with the Brazilian delegation, Johnson meet with President Joe Biden
During the Brazilian-United Kingdom meeting, Johnson recommended the vaccine for the famously unvaccinated Bolsonaro, who continued to refuse it
Queiroga, left, was with Bolsonaro, center, in when they addressed the nation from NYC
Brazil continues to be in spotlight during the United Nations General Assembly after Bolsonaro gave his speech on Tuesday that his approach toward COVID-19 would be proven right.
'History and science will hold everyone accountable,' he told world leaders in his address.
The right-wing Brazilian leader said he supported vaccinations but promoted early treatment of Covid-19, noting that he himself underwent 'early treatment' following a diagnosis last summer.
'We cannot understand why many countries, together with a large portion of the media, took a stance against early treatment measures,' Bolsonaro said.
Bolsonaro has been in the spotlight for his defiance of NYC mask and vaccine mandates
Supports rushed out, without masks, to greet the Brazilian president on September 21
Brazil's government has imposed 100-year secrecy on