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Brazil Central Bank Chief Campos Neto Tests Positive for Covid

  • Campos Neto is asymptomatic, will quarantine and work remotely
  • Cases in Latin America’s biggest nation spiking amid omicron
Roberto Campos NetoPhotographer: Andre Coelho/Bloomberg
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Brazil’s central bank head Roberto Campos Neto has tested positive for Covid as a new wave of infections sweeps through the country.

Campos Neto, who’s doubly vaccinated, is asymptomatic and will isolate at home, the central bank said in a message Saturday. The policy maker, 52, returns to the job on Monday remotely following year-end vacations.