News website O Antagonista reports that 58-year-old Senator Major Olímpio has been intubated in a São Paulo hospital after developing a severe case of Covid-19.
Yesterday, Major Olímpio tweeted that his condition was “progressing well despite how serious it was” and that he would “soon return to the fight.”
Gostaria de agradecer todos vocês pelas mensagens de carinho e orações pela minha recuperação.
— Major Olimpio (@majorolimpio) March 4, 2021
Segundo o médico, meu quadro está evoluindo bem apesar da gravidade e tenho fé que em breve estou de volta ao combate!
Two Brazilian senators — Arolde de Oliveira and José Maranhão — have already died of Covid-19. By the turn of the year, at least one in five Brazilian federal lawmakers had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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