Bolsonaro says Brazil cannot take months of isolation
“You know my stance. It will bring massive unemployment”
An aerial view shows the city's biggest slum Paraisopolis after residents have hired a round-the-clock private medical service to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that Brazilian society will not be able to stand two or three months of shutdowns to fight the new coronavirus, denouncing social-distancing measures enforced by states and municipalities across the country.
"You know my stance. It will bring massive unemployment," he told supporters outside the presidential residence in Brasilia.
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