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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Brazil Unable To Cope With ‘Months Of Isolation – President Bolsonaro

Unic Press UK: The Brazilian economy is unable to withstand the effect of a two or three months of shutdowns to fight this virus pandemic COVID-19, says President Jair Bolsonaro.

The president, who seems to denounce Friday long periods of social distancing measures in some states/municipalities across the country, said:

“You know my stance. It will bring massive unemployment,” the RT reports.


COVID19, a disease caused by a strand of coronavirus known as SARS-Cov-2, is contagious as health authorities have confirmed people-to-people transmission through respiratory infection.

This virus pandemic, COVID-19, started spreading in the city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, reaching many continents of the world, infecting more than 1 million humans, and causing more than 51,000 deaths around the globe as at 2 April 2020.

Chart showing global cases of coronavirus

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