Written by Angella Semu
Brazil’s Health Minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta has been fired following a collide with Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro over response to coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Mandetta made the announcement on Twitter following a meeting with Bolsonaro at the presidential palace in the capital Brasilia.
Reports have revealed that Bolsonaro and Mandetta have clashed for weeks over the need for widespread social isolation in the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to AFP news, Mandetta, 55, who has been heathy minister since early 2019 has been promoting isolation as a tool to contain the spread of the virus which Bolsonaro objected claiming the measures are unnecessary and economically harmful.
The relationship between the president and the healthy minister has deteriorated since the start of the virus crisis due to their incongruity in how to respond to the Pandemic.
Other reports have revealed that the president has been downplaying the threat of the coronavirus describing it as a “little flu,” which can be dealt with using unproven drugs like hydroxychloroquine.
Brazil has so far about 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than 2,000 recorded deaths.
