Brazil reported 1,032,913 confirmed cases yesterday, with 1206 new deaths to take total official fatalities to 48,954, the health ministry said. 9News
"That number of 1 million is much less than the real number of people who have been infected, because there is under-reporting of a magnitude of five to 10 times," Alexandre Naime Barbosa, a medical professor at the Sao Paulo State University, said.COVID-19
Mr Bolsonaro, sometimes called the "Tropical Trump", has been widely criticised for his handling of the crisis. Mr Bolsonaro has shunned social distancing, calling it a job-killing measure more dangerous than the virus itself. The far-right former army captain's handling of the crisis has prompted Brazilians to bang pots and pans regularly outside their apartments in protest, but it has not stopped him from wading into costly political battles with his own cabinet and the Supreme Court, stoking fears of instability.
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