Brazil’s federal health ministry announced Thursday evening that the country has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus with over 76,000 deaths.
Teich’s predecessor, Luiz Henrique, was reportedly fired from the health minister position after disagreeing with Bolsonaro over encouraging the prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine to fight the coronavirus.
Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus, calling it a “little flu” early on and telling reporters in June that he “regret[ed] all the dead but it is everyone's destiny.” While coronavirus cases are now slowing in the city centers, Brazil is now seeing spikes in the rural communities. Health experts blame Bolsonaro’s lackadaisical response and the absence of a nationally coordinated response.Experts also believe the number of reported cases fall short of Brazil’s reality, due to a shortage of testing.
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