In this March 7, 2020 photo provided by Brazil's presidential press office, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, stands with US President Donald Trump, second from left, Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Brazil's Communications Director Fabio Wajngarten, behind Trump partially covered, during a dinner in Florida. Wajngarten tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after the trip, according to Bolsonaro's communications office on March 12, 2020. (ALAN SANTOS/BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP)

WASHINGTON / RIO DE JANEIRO - US President Donald Trump on Friday reversed course and said he would get tested for the coronavirus, days after he stood next to a Brazilian official who tested positive for virus. 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and a large Brazilian entourage, including cabinet ministers, met with Trump and other senior US officials last weekend at Mar-a-Lago. One of the party, Bolsonaro’s communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is in quarantine at his home.

I did sit with the (Brazilian) president for probably two hours, but he’s tested negative so that’s good” 

Donald Trump, US President

Trump was photographed at his private Florida club standing next to Wajngarten, when Brazilian officials visited on Saturday. 

Trump has previously said multiple times he did not plan to be tested for coronavirus and has not self-quarantined or stopped shaking hands, even though the virus can be transmitted through coughing, sneezing and surfaces.

During a press conference in the Rose Garden, where he declared a national emergency to fight the disease, a Reuters reporter asked Trump about contradictory official advice about the disease.

The White House is asking Americans to self quarantine when they return from Europe, he noted, but Trump was in pictures with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. How is that different?

First of all, Trump said, “I’m not coming back from somewhere."

He added: “There was somebody that they say has it. I have no idea who he is, but I take pictures and it lasts for literally seconds. I don’t know the gentleman that we’re talking about.”

Trump said he did spend time with the Brazilian president. “I did sit with the president for probably two hours, but he’s tested negative so that’s good,” he said.

A reporter from CBS followed up, noting U.S. health officials recommend self-isolation for people who stand next to someone who tests positive for the virus. Trump has said White House doctors aren’t telling him to do the same. “Who should Americans listen to?,” she asked.

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“I think they have to listen to their doctors, and I think they shouldn’t be jumping to get the test unless its necessary,” Trump said.

“I didn’t say I wasn’t going to be tested,” he added.

Are you going to be? “Most likely, yeah, most likely. Not for that reason. but because I think I will do it anyways.”

Trump added he would be tested “fairly soon. We’re working out a schedule.”

Bolsonaro 'to be tested again'

Bolsonaro, meanwhile, will be retested for coronavirus following a negative test on Friday, Brazil’s Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported.

The test will be done early next week in order to rule out any chance the president has the virus, the newspaper said, without naming the source of the information. A representative for Bolsonaro’s press office declined to comment.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be retested for coronavirus following a negative test on Friday, Brazil’s Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported

Charge d’Affairs Nestor Forster Jr. at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, who was present at a Trump dinner in Florida last week, has also now tested positive, GloboNews television channel reported late on Friday.

Bolsonaro said earlier in the day that he had tested negative for coronavirus, in a post on his Facebook page.

Estado de S.Paulo said Bolsonaro would remain isolated in quarantine at his official residence until the beginning of next week, citing an unnamed member of the president’s medical staff who said Bolsonaro needed to be isolated for seven days from the time of being in contact with someone infected with the virus.

Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo tweeted earlier on Friday that his test had come back negative. Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva tested negative as well, the ministry said in a statement.

The results for others in the Brazilian delegation, including Bolsonaro’s wife Michelle and Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, have not yet been published.

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However, Bolsonaro’s lawyer, Karina Kufa, who was part of the delegation, tested positive, according to the O Globo newspaper. Senator Nelsinho Trad, who also formed part of the group, said late Friday that his test had also come back positive.

“Life continues normally, we have many challenges ahead and many problems to solve,” Bolsonaro said outside his official residence after news of the negative test result.

He waved to supporters but said it was better not to shake their hands.