Onyx Lorenzoni met with at least 49 people in the 14 days prior to announcing he had contracted Covid-19.
Diagnosed with the coronavirus, the Minister of Citizenship, Onyx Lorenzoni, had meetings with almost 50 people, including politicians, advisors and other personalities, in the 14 days prior to the onset of Covid-19 symptoms.
247 - Diagnosed with the coronavirus, the Minister of Citizenship, Onyx Lorenzoni (DEM), had meetings with at least 49 people, including politicians, advisors and other personalities in the 14 days prior to the first symptoms of Covid-19. The head of the ministry announced on Monday morning (20) that he is infected with the disease. According to information published by Folha de S.Paulo newspaperNames such as General Luiz Eduardo Ramos, from the Government Secretariat, José Levi, Attorney General of the Union (AGU), and Sérgio Camargo, president of the Palmares Foundation, appear on Onyx's official agenda on the afternoon of last Thursday (16), hours before the first symptoms.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had reported that the incubation period for the coronavirus, that is, the period in which a person is infected without showing symptoms, can vary from 1 to 14 days.
During this period, the Minister of Citizenship went to the Planalto Palace for a meeting with the Chief Minister of the Civil House, General Braga Netto, on Monday (13). He also received federal deputy Osmar Terra (MDB-RS) in his office on Wednesday (15).
The Minister of Citizenship was one of the most active members of Jair Bolsonaro's top-level government in denying the effects of the pandemic. In April, Lorenzoni said at a press conference that we should expect "an impact far less than expected."
The following month, the Minister of Citizenship stated to Record that Bolsonaro "provided all the conditions" so that the country could confront the coronavirus.