Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PM Shehbaz wishes speedy recovery to Brazilian president

PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended his “heartfelt wishes” for a swift and full recovery to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil after he underwent brain surgery.

“Sending my heartfelt wishes for a swift and full recovery to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as he recovers from surgery,” the prime minister wrote on his X timeline.

He said, “Our thoughts are with you and the people of Brazil during this challenging time. Get well soon.”

The medical team of the Brazilian president said in a statement that his MRI test showed intracranial hemorrhage, resulting from the accident at home in October.

He was transferred to Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo unit, where he underwent craniotomy to drain the hematoma.

“The surgery was uneventful. At the moment, the President is well, under monitoring in an ICU bed,” the statement added.

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Tough final year for Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO – It was already shaping up to be a tough year for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, with his popularity at an all-time low nine months from elections, the economy in recession and Covid-19 surging. Then the far-right leader had his New Year beach vacation come crashing to an end with an emergency … Read more

Brazil President’s wife tests positive for coronavirus

Wife Michelle

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s wife Michelle has tested positive for coronavirus. In addition to this, one of the President’s minister has also contracted the virus. Brazil is the second worst-affected countries in the world after the USA. There are 2,613,789 confirmed cases of coronavirus out of which 91,377 have died whereas 1,824,095 have recovered. The number … Read more

Brazilian President Bolsonaro recovers from COVID-19, shared his smiling photo

Brazilian President Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro informed that he has tested negative for Coronavirus, two weeks after he had contracted the deadly virus.

“RT-PCR for Sars-Cov 2: negative. Good morning everyone,” the Brazilian President Bolsonaro tweeted, along with a photo of himself smiling and holding a packet of hydroxychloroquine.

However, he did not say when he took the latest test.

According to media reports, he took a motorcycle ride through Brasilia and visited some shops, with small crowds gathering around him.

“I didn’t feel anything, not even in the beginning. If I hadn’t taken the test, I wouldn’t have known I had the virus,” he told.

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