Isolated in his office at city hall, Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas is waging a war on two fronts: the cancer survivor is also leading the fight ...
Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas has barely left city hall, where he has a bed in his office, since he implemented the most aggressive stay-at-home policies in Brazil AFP/NELSON ALMEIDASAO PAULO: Isolated in his office at city hall, Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas is waging a war on two fronts: the cancer survivor is also leading the fight against coronavirus at its epicenter in Latin America.
That flew in the face of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who condemned the"hysteria" around the virus and accused state and local authorities of needlessly hurting the economy. Monitoring based on cell phone location data indicates that only about half its 12 million residents are respecting the stay-at-home - a source of frustration for Covas."We've been in quarantine for almost two months, so each day that passes we're asking people to make an extra sacrifice."Since the stay-at-home started, he has barely left city hall, where he has installed a bed in his office.
A lawyer by training, he was elected a state lawmaker at 26, then became deputy mayor under Doria. When his mentor stepped down to run for governor, Covas took over at city hall.
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