Bolsonaro Says Covid Will Last Forever, Isolation Leads Nowhere
- Brazil can’t take on more debt to pay for stimulus, he says
- Counrty reported over 9 million cases, 220,000 Covid deaths
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President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed social distancing measures just as Brazil recorded more than 9 million cases of Covid-19, suggesting that the population will need to learn how to live with the virus.
“This issue of Covid will continue for life,” he said at his weekly live webcast on social media, adding that local authorities’ efforts to reimpose restrictive measures will “lead nowhere.”