WHO sends a direct message to Bolsonaro: 'no virus that kills people is welcome'

247 - Just hours after Jair Bolsonaro downplayed the impacts of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and to claim that mutation is welcome in BrazilThe World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies director, Michael Ryan, refuted the Brazilian president's statement. "No virus that kills people is welcome, especially when individuals are suffering," Ryan said during the WHO's weekly pandemic conference, according to [source missing]. Metropolis. 

“It is a disease that can be prevented by vaccines. It is very important that we remember that the pandemic is still in our hands. There is much we can do and it is not time to give up. It is not time to surrender. It is not time to declare that this is a welcome virus,” added the WHO director. 

Earlier, during an interview with a pro-Bolsonaro channel, Bolsonaro stated that the Omicron variant "hasn't killed anyone," and that the death recorded in Minas Gerais was of a patient who "already had very serious problems, especially in the lungs." "He ended up dying," he downplayed. 

According to Bolsonaro, "the very people who truly understand say that it (the coronavirus variant) has a very high capacity to spread, but very low lethality. They even say it could be a vaccine virus. Omicron is welcome and could signal the end of the pandemic," he added.

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