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Brazil's health minister holds job in clash with Bolsonaro
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 6, 2020 / 7:23 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Brazil's health minister holds job in clash with Bolsonaro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Monday he will continue in his post after overcoming a disagreement with President Jair Bolsonaro over the need for social distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus.
“A doctor does not abandon his patient. We will continue,” he said at a news conference at the end of a day of speculation over whether Bolsonaro would fire him in the midst of an escalating public health crisis.
“The government is taking a new position and it will be more focused” on the epidemic, Mandetta said, confirming he had won an arm-wrestle with the president over the need for isolation.
Mandetta, a doctor by training, has openly contradicted the far-right president who has minimized the danger of the epidemic and opposed lockdowns that are stalling the economy.
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Brazil's health minister holds job in clash with Bolsonaro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Monday he will continue in his post after overcoming a disagreement with President Jair Bolsonaro over the need for social distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus.
“A doctor does not abandon his patient. We will continue,” he said at a news conference at the end of a day of speculation over whether Bolsonaro would fire him in the midst of an escalating public health crisis.
“The government is taking a new position and it will be more focused” on the epidemic, Mandetta said, confirming he had won an arm-wrestle with the president over the need for isolation.
Mandetta, a doctor by training, has openly contradicted the far-right president who has minimized the danger of the epidemic and opposed lockdowns that are stalling the economy.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister/brazils-health-minister-holds-job-in-clash-with-bolsonaro-idUSKBN21O342