⁍ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday visited Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello, who has COVID-19.

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⁍ He made his point that the disease is easy to recover quickly from with the help of the controversial drug chloroquine.

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⁍ Scientists say it is no cure and in clinical trials chloroquine and the related drug hydroxychloroquite have failed to show a benefit in treating COVID-19.

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– “This is another concrete case of someone who took chloroquine and it worked. This is an alternative, when doctors prescribe it.” That was Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s message Thursday when he visited Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello, who has a rare strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19, reports Reuters. Bolsonaro, a far-right politician who has been criticized for his authoritarian style, made the case for the use of the anti-malaria drug chloroquine, even though scientists say it is no cure and in clinical trials chloroquine and the related drug hydroxychloroquite have failed to show a benefit in treating COVID-19. Pazuello, an active-duty Army general, said he felt tired on Sunday, but went to work on Monday and felt worse that night, with headaches and fever. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 the next day. Bolsonaro, who has minimized the gravity of the coronavirus and opposed lockdown measures by governors and mayors in Brazil, used the meeting to advocate the early use of anti-malaria drug chloroquine, even though scientists say it is no cure and in clinical trials chloroquine and the related drug hydroxychloroquite have failed to show a benefit in treating COVID-19. “This is another concrete case of someone who took chloroquine and it worked,” Bolsonaro said. “This is an alternative, when doctors prescribe it.”