Nelson Teich, Brazil\u2019s Minister of Health, has resigned, Al Jazeera reports. Teich resigned on Friday after a month in office amid differences with President Jair Bolsonaro over handling of the growing COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The Minister\u2019s office disclosed on Friday that he had handed in his resignation and would hold a press conference
Teich resigned on Friday after a month in office amid differences with President Jair Bolsonaro over handling of the growing COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
The Minister’s office disclosed on Friday that he had handed in his resignation and would hold a press conference later in the day. Brazil President Bolsonaro has been pushing in recent days for wider use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus, a move the Minister was not in agreement with.and also on the pace of kick-starting the economy.
The minister had last week lamented that he was not consulted before the President issued a decree allowing gyms, beauty parlours and hairdressers to open for business. His resignation came a day after Brazil’s confirmed cases of the virus passed 200,000, with more than 14,000 deaths.
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