Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he hopes this would be the last week of stay-at-home measures to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, wishing for an end to a policy he has branded an ill-founded jobs killer.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Despite Bolsonaro’s protests, many of Brazil’s governors have more or less shut down their states, leading to an angry response from the president. Bolsonaro has also clashed with his own health officials, firing his popular health minister last week after they clashed over social distancing measures.
In an interview with Reuters last week, Rio de Janeiro’s state Health Secretary Edmar Santos said the peak of the outbreak will hit Rio in May, which would be a “very, very complicated” time. Brazil has more cases of the new coronavirus than any other country in Latin America. On Monday, the number of confirmed cases rose to 40,581 and coronavirus deaths reached 2,575, according to the Health Ministry.
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