Will Brazil's president be forced to take the coronavirus seriously?

President Jair Bolsonaro contracted COVID-19 after dismissing the severity of the pandemic for months.

Brazil's president spent months downplaying the coronavirus pandemic.

Now, Jair Bolsonaro is one of the 1.6 million Brazilians infected in the world's second-biggest COVID-19 outbreak.

He had dismissed the virus as "a little flu", refused to impose lockdowns, and ignored social distancing measures.