Bolsonaro says coronavirus threat ‘overstated’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says the fall of world markets primarily ‘has to do with the price of oil, which sank 30%’, and not so much the Covid-19 outbreak. – EPA pic, March 10, 2020.
BRAZILIAN President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday minimised the threat of Covid-19 – which has killed more than 4,000 people in dozens of countries and tanked global financial markets – saying its destructive power has been “overstated”. The fall of world markets “basically has to do with the price of oil, which sank 30%, and with the coronavirus issue, too”, the ultra-right-wing leader told a crowd of about 200 Brazilian supporters in Miami, where he is visiting in an effort to drum up foreign investment.
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