Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said there will be “no national lockdown” a day after the nation saw its highest number of Covid-19 deaths.
Brazil’s Health Ministry registered 4,195 deaths on Tuesday, becoming the third country to go above that threshold as Mr Bolsonaro’s political opponents demanded stricter measures to slow down the spread of the virus.
“We’re not going to accept this politics of stay home and shut everything down,” Mr Bolsonaro said, resisting the pressure in a speech in the city of Chapeco in Santa Catarina state. “There will be no national lockdown.”
A woman throws a flower over the tomb of a relative who died from complications related to Covid-19 (Andre Penner/AP)