Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his health minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who had won widespread public support by advocating broad-based social isolation. Bolsonaro has dismissed the coronavirus as a 'little flu.'
Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty ImagesBrazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters in Brasilia on Thursday.Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his health minister as the country grapples with the biggest outbreak of the coronavirus in Latin America.
Bolsonaro has opposed across-the-board isolation measures imposed by Brazil's state governors, arguing that they devastate the economy and endanger public health by destroying millions of jobs and businesses. Bolsonaro has for weeks publicly undermined his health ministry and state governors, by dismissing the coronavirus as a"little flu" and going onto the streets to shake hands and pose for selfies with his supporters.
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