Brazil will host the Copa América, the far-right president said, saying the governors of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás had agreed for their states to play hosts, plus the capital, Brasilia, and a fifth yet to be named.
Ramos tweeted: Confirmed: the Copa América will be held in Brazil.
Bolsonaro said matches would be held without fans.
Media reports had indicated the South American football confederation, CONMEBOL, was pushing to allow some fans, at least for the final.
There are still plenty of potential pitfalls ahead as organisers race to pull together the June 13-July 10 championships.
The government is negotiating the purchase of 350 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for 2021.
The figure includes 210 million of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that is largely made in Brazil by the Fiocruz institute, 70 million of Pfizer s vaccine, and another 42 million of the one produced by the international conglomerate Covaz.
However, none of those, nor the CoronaVac produced by Chinese laboratory Sinovac, which is being tested in Sao Paulo, have yet asked the regulatory agency Anvisa for emergency use authorization which they will need before they can start vaccinating. Bolsonaro has lost a lot of time with his denials, with his political battles with state governors over quarantine measures, with his campaign against the vaccine and it being mandatory, Jose David Urbaez, from the Brazilian Infectiology Society, told
Saturday, 19 Dec 2020 12:37 PM MYT
Brazil s president Jair Bolsonaro, who caught the virus in July and once described it as a little cold, announced he would not be getting an injection himself. Reuters pic
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BRASILIA, Dec 19 Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunisation experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19.
Bolsonaro finally launched a mass immunisation campaign on Wednesday that aims to vaccinate 70 per cent of the population within 16 months, but the president has been accused of repeatedly sabotaging his own programme.
published : 19 Dec 2020 at 09:45
85 Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, shown here with the country s immunization mascot, has been accused of sabotaging his own government s Covid-19 program by regularly speaking out against vaccines
BRASíLIA - Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunization experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro s government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19.
Bolsonaro finally launched a mass immunization campaign on Wednesday that aims to vaccinate 70 percent of the population within 16 months, but the president has been accused of repeatedly sabotaging his own program.
On Thursday he released 20 billion reais ($3.9 billion) to buy vaccine doses in a country that has already lost more than 184,000 people to the coronavirus the second highest national total in the world.
Could become crocodile, women could grow beards: Prez Bolsonaro mocks Brazil s Covid vaccine drive
Could become crocodile, women could grow beards: Prez Bolsonaro mocks Brazil s Covid vaccine drive
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of sabotaging his own government s Covid-19 program by regularly speaking out against vaccines.
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UPDATED: December 19, 2020 16:56 IST In the Pfizer contract, it s very clear: we re not responsible for any side effects. If you turn into a crocodile, it s your problem, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said as the country s inoculation programme rolled out. (AP photo)
Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunization experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro s government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19.