Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has said he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mr Bolsonaro confirmed the results of his test while speaking to reporters in capital Brasilia.
The president, who has previously dismissed the virus as a "little flu", said he began feeling unwell on Sunday but insists his condition has improved since having treatment.
Wearing a mask, he said: "I'm well, normal. I even want to take a walk around here, but I can't due to medical recommendations."
The president has often appeared in public to shake hands with supporters and mingle with crowds, at times without a mask.
He has said that his history as an athlete would protect him from the virus, and that it would be nothing more than a "little flu" were he to contract it.
He has also repeatedly said that there is no way to prevent 70% of the population falling ill with Covid-19, and that local authorities’ measures to shut down economic activity would ultimately cause more hardship than allowing the virus to run its course.
More than 65,000 Brazilians have so far died from coronavirus and more than 1.5 million have been infected.
Both numbers are the world's second-highest totals, and are considered to be smaller than the actual number due to a lack of widespread testing.
