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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired Thursday the country's Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta , a doctor by profession, who had previously reiterated earlier today that his departure from office was imminent after public discrepancies with the president.
"I just heard from President Jair Bolsonaro the notice of my dismissal from the Ministry of Health," Mandetta, a supporter of the social isolation measures rejected by Bolsonaro, reported on his Twitter account.
Since the Covid-19 crisis began, Mandetta and Bolsonaro have shown profound differences in how the health crisis should be faced. The minister is in favor of adopting drastic measures , such as the total confinement of the population, something that the president rejects so as not to harm the economy.
The still minister had insisted this Thursday during an appearance on the Internet that the coronavirus "does not negotiate, does not give up," and those who do not confront it "end up being run over by the way it behaves."
Mandetta has promised to "support" his substitute in office, pending Bolsonaro to finally unveil his replacement for oncologist Nelson Teich , an "a priori" supporter of confinement measures similar to those advocated by Mandetta.
Brazil is close to 30,000 infections by coronavirus and already totals about 1,765 deaths, according to data released by the administrations of the different states and collected by G1.
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