How Bolsonaro Is Undermining Measures to Combat Coronavirus [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

The actions of the president go against the unanimous recommendations of doctors and scholars
Mar.31.2020 1:15PM

Daniela Arcanjo
SÃO PAULO
President Jair Bolsonaro has never fully supported the coronavirus protection measures. In fact, he has often spoken and acted in confrontation against the policy of self-isolation.

The president has already used the words "hysteria" and "fantasy" to classify the reaction of the population and the media to the new disease and said that if he contracted it, he would suffer only from a little "cold."

In addition to the speeches, the president signed decrees to circumvent state and municipal decisions, made a statement in which he criticized the closure of schools and maintained contact with people on the street.

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RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

On March 26, Bolsonaro updated a decree that lists essential activities that cannot be interrupted during efforts to combat the new coronavirus. He added religious activities and lottery houses.

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