Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that people needed to “stop whining” about COVID-19 in his latest outburst against the protective measures to contain the crisis. The far-right leader’s comments come as Brazil goes through its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 1,300 deaths per day. “Stop whining. How long are you going to keep crying about it?” Bolsonaro said as he called for easing restrictions. “We regret the deaths … But where’s Brazil going to end up if we just close everything?” The South American country of 212 million people has had an outbreak of cases, partly due to a variant of the virus detected in the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro previously compared COVID-19 to a “little flu” and promoted hydroxychloroquine as medication, despite studies showing its inefficiency against the virus. At least 260,000 people died in Brazil because of COVID-19. Watch video 03:04 Share Virus runs rampant in Brazil Send Facebook Twitter reddit EMail Facebook Messenger Web Whatsapp Web Telegram linkedin Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/3py8I Brazil: Politicization of pandemic compounds crisis Elsewhere in the Americas Honduras said it is set to receive 4.2 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine as pressure piles on the government… Read full this story
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