Brazil's Bolsonaro, infected with COVID-19, touts unproven drug

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen on a screen as he attends via video a conference of the launching ceremony of the basic sanitation legal framework at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday again extolled the supposed virtues of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19, as he said that he again tested positive for the coronavirus, a week after he first announced he had become infected.

"I was medicated from the beginning with hydroxychloroquine, with a doctor's recommendation. I felt better the next day," Bolsonaro said in a video posted on social media. "Whether it is a coincidence or not... it worked for me."