General Pazuello says coronavirus will continue to spread to the interior.

247 - The interim Minister of Health, General Eduardo Pazuello, cited this Monday (25) a probable expansion of the coronavirus into the interior of Brazil after the outbreak in the capitals and metropolitan regions. Brazil occupies the second position in the world ranking of Covid-19 cases, with 367,9 confirmations, and the sixth in number of deaths (22,9). 

"We have the impact of the capitals and metropolitan regions. This impact will pass, and we will see it spread to the interior in some way. We will have to have the structures that were prepared in the capital and metropolitan region to receive these people from the interior who don't have those structures there," said the general during a debate about Fiocruz.

The general stated on Friday that the arrival of the virus in the interior was "inevitable," without indicating concrete measures to stop the contagion. "This progression will happen, and we have to be prepared, further increasing the capacity of the capitals and larger cities, because they will also be the destination of these people who will seek treatment," he added.

While the minister highlighted the likely increase in coronavirus cases in the country, Bolsonaro downplayed the effects of the pandemic, classifying the disease as a... "little flu"He contradicted recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) by calling for the reopening of some economic sectors, yielding to business lobbying, and by attending street demonstrations. He even went so far as to ask... "So what?", commenting on the 5 deaths from the disease in Brazil in April.

Seeing Bolsonaro's image increasingly crumbling in the eyes of Congress, governors, the public, and abroad, advisors began to argue, behind the scenes, that he... visit hospitals to monitor the situation of the country's health system in the fight against the coronavirus.