Brazil's Bolsonaro plays down COVID-19 risk as cases top 1,500

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BRASILIA: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the country's healthcare system will collapse next month, contradicting his own health ...

"I think Mandetta was exaggerating," Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil, referring to health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who said on Friday that Brazil's fragile healthcare system will collapse under the weight of coronavirus by the end of April."What we're doing is lengthening the infection curve. I don't believe in a collapse," he said.

A Datafolha poll in Sunday's Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper showed that an overwhelming majority of Brazilians support many of these drastic measures to beat the spread of coronavirus, although opinion is much more divided on business shutting down.

The massive doors of the Temple of Solomon, a 10,000-seat place of worship belonging to the Universal Church in Sao Paulo, were closed during what is usually one of their busiest times.

 

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This El Presidente is a strong disciple of the Prez of Americuh. Downplays the threat of COVID-19 only to lose control when the disease spreads in country.

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