Brazil's largest state Sao Paulo will essentially shut down for two weeks t...
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA - Brazil’s largest state Sao Paulo will essentially shut down for two weeks to help fight the coronavirus, its governor said on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro again claimed that “hysteria” over the outbreak could cause more harm than the virus itself.
All but non-essential businesses and services, including bars and restaurants, will remain closed across the country’s most populous state, which includes its financial hub, for the duration. Sao Paulo state is home to some 46 million people and is Brazil’s industrial, business and financial engine, accounting for around a third of the nation’s economic output.
In a TV interview aired on Friday night, Bolsonaro voiced his frustration over business and commercial closures affecting the economy and called a decision to close churches to stop the spread of coronavirus “absurd.”
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