Brazil's death toll has gone past that of Italy, but President Jair Bolsonaro continues to argue for quickly lifting state isolation orders, arguing that the economic costs outweigh public health risks
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organisation after the UN agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Brazil's Health Ministry reported late on Thursday that confirmed cases in the country had climbed past 600,000 and 1437 deaths had been registered within 24 hours, the third consecutive daily record. The nation reported another 1005 deaths Friday night. "The epidemic, the outbreak, in Latin America is deeply, deeply concerning," she told a news conference in Geneva. Among six key criteria for easing quarantines, she said, "one of them is ideally having your transmission declining."
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