"Brazilians don't catch anything ... they already have the antibodies to keep it from spreading," the President said. He said again that Brazilians are likely to be immune to the coronavirus during a March 26 press conference outside the Alvorada presidential residence in Brasilia. "Brazilians should be studied, we don't catch anything. You see people jumping in sewage, diving in it and nothing happens to them," Bolsonaro said
The following weekend, Bolsonaro attended an anti-lockdown rally in Brasilia without a mask where he coughed several times and shook hands with supporters. Opposition leaders considered the protests "anti-democratic," after signs were seen calling for dissolving the Congress and Supreme Court and for the return of the dictatorship.
Eduardo Pazuello, an army general with no health experience, was named as the interim Health Minister following Teich's resignation. Pazuello also issued new guidance authorizing the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for all patients displaying Covid-19 symptoms. "After two Health Ministers refused to do so and chose to resign instead of signing the document, it was up to General Eduardo Pazuello, who has assumed the ministry on an interim basis, to authorize the use of chloroquine for all Covid-19 patients," Pazuello wrote on his personal Twitter account last month. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked permissions this week for the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients. That same day, Brazil's Health Ministry expanded its guidance on the use of the drugs to include pregnant women and children.
Yet, Bolsonaro continues to question the claims that more is needed and that ICUs and hospitals are overcrowded, recently encouraging his supporters to go into the facilities to gather some video proof. "There are field hospitals and public hospitals near you, find a way to get in and film in there," Bolsonaro said last Thursday during a Facebook live event. "We need more people to go in there and show if these beds are actually full. That helps us and all that material gathered from social media will then be sent to the Federal Police." Several instances of pro-Bolsonaro lawmakers and supporters trying to gain access to coronavirus treatment wards have recently been registered in the states of Sao Paulo, Espirito Santo and the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located. "This type of behavior is unacceptable at a time when the state of Espirito Santo, the country and the world face this serious crisis," the state health secretariat said in a written statement. "What's worse is that this behavior was encouraged by an irresponsible statement from the leader of this nation."
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