Brazil’s Bolsonaro Announces Health Minister’s Departure Amid CCP Virus Crisis

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Announces Health Minister’s Departure Amid CCP Virus Crisis
Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta (R) gives gel alcohol to President Jair Bolsonaro, both using protective masks, during a press conference about government plans and measures about the CCP virus crisis in Brazil, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on March 18, 2020. Andre Coelho/Getty Images
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday that his health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta would leave his position following disagreements between the two over how to address the CCP virus situation in the country.

In televised remarks, Bolsonaro said that Mandetta did not fully appreciate the need to protect jobs. Bolsonaro also called for business to resume in Brazil, Latin America’s most populous country, and also its largest economy.