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Brazil is now second only to the U.S. in having the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world.
Despite facing growing scrutiny over his leadership in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, Bolsonaro, a right-wing populist, appeared to play down the severity of the new restrictions, retweeting a Twitter thread from his international advisor Filipe G.
Martins saying the ban was similar to measures being taken by countries"worldwide." In a tweet translated from Spanish, Martins appeared to dismiss the fact that the restrictions were aimed specifically at Brazil, saying the U.S. measures were similar to the country's own prior restrictions barring entry to all foreigners, except residents and immediate family members of Brazilian citizens. Further, he said, countries around the world have taken similar action to shut down their borders to foreign nationals. 1. A restrição americana à entrada de brasileiros nos EUA tem o mesmo propósito de medida análoga adotada ANTERIORMENTE pelo Brasil em relação a cidadãos de todas as origens, inclusive norte-americanos, e de medidas semelhantes tomadas por ampla gama de paÃses no mundo todo.The president's advisor appeared also determined to shut down any concerns that the new travel restrictions could suggest friction between the U.S. and Brazil. The U.S.'s decision, Martins said, was in no way discriminatory against Brazil, with the advisor noting that the U.S. had already suspended the entry of travelers from other countries affected by COVID-19, including China, Iran and Britain. "Brazil and the USA have maintained important bilateral cooperation in the fight against COVID-19," Martins said in a translated statement."In addition to the donation of 1,000 respirators announced today, the United States has already donated approximately $7 million to Brazilian efforts to mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus on our nation's health and economy," he noted. "It is, as anyone can see, a productive and mature partnership, based on reciprocity and mutual respect between two democracies, very distant from the frictions or problems that the Brazilian media, as ignorant as malicious, insists on trying to invent," he said. While Bolsonaro has faced scrutiny and condemnation over his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, polling conducted in late April appeared to suggest that at least a third of Brazilians continued to back his administration's leadership at the time. In a study carried out by Datafolha, Grupo Folha's polling institute, 33 percent of Brazilians said they approved of the Bolsonaro administration's leadership, compared with 38 percent who said they disapproved. Twenty-six percent of those polled in the study, which saw 1,503 Brazilians surveyed on April 27, rated the administration's leadership as"regular," while 3 percent did not express an opinion. While Brazil now has the second highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world, it is still hundreds of thousands of cases away from reaching the same numbers confirmed in the U.S. As of Monday, the U.S. had seen 1,643,499 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 97,722 cases resulting in death, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro speaks with the press at Alvorada Palace on May 22, 2020. Brazil has seen a sweeping surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the South American country.
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