(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Brazil's health minister announced his resignation in January

  China News Agency, Sao Paulo, May 15 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) Because of disagreement with President Bossonaro against the epidemic, Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Tec announced his resignation on the 15th local time. This is the second health minister in Brazil since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.

  That morning, Teach announced his resignation on social media after meeting with Bosonaro in the presidential palace. In the afternoon, he said at a news conference that he decided to resign as the Minister of Health. He said, "Life is determined by choice, and today I chose to leave (Ministry of Health). I have tried my best." In his speech, he thanked Bosonaro for inviting him to serve as health minister, but did not explain the reason for his resignation. He did not answer reporters' questions when he left the venue.

  On April 16, the then Minister of Health, Luis Mandeta, was dismissed because he and Bosonaro could not reach an agreement on the epidemic prevention measures. Bosonaro subsequently appointed Teich to succeed the Minister of Health.

  After taking office, Taiqi mainly worked on formulating measures to relax isolation in different regions, but he did not get the support of local governments. At the federal level, Bosonaro repeatedly asked Tage to amend the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Health to allow doctors to use the antimalarial drug chloroquine when patients with new crowns had mild symptoms, but it was not adopted by Tage. Taiqi believes that chloroquine has side effects, and its efficacy has not been scientifically confirmed. The Ministry of Health does not recommend it, but it does not object.

  On May 11th, Tecchi was surprised that Bossonaro issued a decree to include industries such as gyms, beauty salons and barber shops as open, saying that the decision did not seek his opinion. Subsequently, two-thirds of Brazil's states (districts) publicly expressed their opposition to the Bosonaro decree and continued to shut down these industries.

  Brazilian media reported that Pazoeiro, the current deputy minister of health and former civic minister Tla, are strong candidates to succeed Techi.

  According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, as of 19 o'clock that day, there were 218,223 confirmed cases of new crowns and 14,817 deaths in Brazil. (Finish)