According to Bolsonaro, Brazil will be free of the coronavirus when a certain number of people are infected and develop antibodies.
"What is wrong is the hysteria, as if it were the end of the world. A nation like Brazil, for example, will only be free when a certain number of people are infected and create antibodies," said Jair Bolsonaro. On Tuesday (17), Brazil registered its first death resulting from the spread of the new coronavirus.
247 - Jair Bolsonaro, who has already met with supporters despite medical advice on the need to remain in quarantine due to suspected coronavirus infection, reiterated that the Brazilian population is treating the spread of Covid-19 with "hysteria" and said that "a certain number of people" must be infected for Brazil to be free of the disease.
"We were going to go through this. What is wrong is the hysteria, as if it were the end of the world. A nation like Brazil, for example, will only be free when a certain number of people are infected and create antibodies," Bolsonaro said on Tuesday (17), during an interview on the Show do Antônio Carlos program, broadcast by Tupi radio, in Rio de Janeiro.
On Tuesday, Brazil recorded the first death Caused by the new coronavirus. The victim, a 62-year-old man, resided in São Paulo. Confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have reached 301, according to the latest update released by the Ministry of Health. This is more than double the number from three days ago.
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