The Brazilian Press Affiliation said it will sue President Jair Bolsonaro for putting them at risk of remaining infected by the coronavirus following he held a news briefing to announce that he had contracted the fatal illness, according to a report.

“Despite figuring out he was contaminated with COVID-19, President Jair Bolsonaro carries on to act in a criminal manner and endanger the lives of some others,” Paulo Jeronimo de Sousa, the president of the affiliation, claimed in a assertion, the Latin American Herald Tribune claimed on Wednesday.

De Sousa said Bolsonaro “broke the isolation proposed by doctors” and collected journalists to “personally tell them” that he examined constructive.

The 65-year-aged chief of Brazil introduced on reside television Tuesday in the capital Brasilia that he was contaminated, saying an preliminary examination showed “the lung’s clean.”

“It begun on Sunday with a particular malaise and grew to become even worse during the day on Monday, sensation inadequately, exhaustion, a little bit of muscle mass ache, fever,” mentioned Bolsonaro as he donned a mask.

Bolsonaro has refused to wear a mask and played down the severity of the virus, despite Brazil obtaining the second-optimum amount of instances in the entire world soon after the US.

Brazil claimed 1,668,589 scenarios and 66,741 fatalities, in accordance to the Johns Hopkins College rely.

The US has topped 3 million instances and the loss of life toll exceeded 131,000 circumstances.

The press affiliation contends he violated the Brazilian Penal Code that punishes people today for taking actions that could infect many others with a severe ailment with up to 4 several years in jail.

DeSousa said Bolsonaro put people’s life specifically in imminent risk.

“It is not achievable for the state to look at devoid of reacting to successive behaviors that go outside of irresponsibility and generate very clear offenses towards community wellness,” he mentioned.