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Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, has actually approved a law making the use of masks in public required throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
In a social media broadcast, Mr Bolsonaro stated people could have been fined for not using a mask at home.
He has actually refused to acknowledge the gravity of Brazil’s Covid-19 outbreak, regardless of it having the world’s second-highest numbers of cases and deaths.
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There have actually been almost 1.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Brazil.
BBC South America correspondent Katy Watson states Jair Bolsonaro has actually never ever cared much for masks