Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, effectively calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.
SAO PAULO - Brazil’s health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, effectively calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.
“I hope we can speak with a single, unified message, because otherwise Brazilians end up doubting. They don’t know whether to listen to the health minister, the president. Who should they listen to?” Mandetta said. Still, the far-right president, a former army captain, told evangelical Christian leaders in a video address on Sunday that “it seems the matter of the virus is starting to go away.”
In Sao Paulo state, the epicenter of the outbreak in Brazil, the number of people in “social isolation” rose to 59% on Easter Sunday, the same as previous Sundays, after reaching its lowest point last Thursday at 47%, governor Joao Doria said in a news conference. Doria has said the number needs to be 70% to be properly effective.Senators are also postponing a vote for the so-called “war-budget” to separate coronavirus-related spending from the government’s main budget.
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