RIO DE JANEIRO: Governors Wilson Witzel of Rio de Janeiro and Helder Barbalho of the northern state of Para each posted movies to Twitter asserting their diagnoses and urging folks to remain residence to battle the unfold of the virus.
Witzel, a number one proponent of closing non-essential companies and ordering folks to remain residence, mentioned he had began feeling unwell Friday, with a fever, sore throat and lack of odor, a key symptom of the virus.
“Today, the test result came back positive… Now, thank God, I’m feeling better, and will continue working while following my doctors’ advice,” mentioned Witzel, 52.
“I ask you once again to stay home, because this disease, as everyone can see, spreads quickly and doesn’t spare anyone.” Barbalho, 40, who mentioned he was asymptomatic, made an identical enchantment.
“This virus is extremely contagious, it doesn’t recognize age or class. Everyone is exposed. So please stay home,” he mentioned.
Social distancing insurance policies have been attacked by Bolsonaro, who accuses them of needlessly wrecking Latin America’s largest economic system over a illness the far-right president has in comparison with a “little flu.”
Witzel fired again final month that Bolsonaro’s defiance of tips from the United Nations and World Health Organization may very well be thought of a “crime against humanity.” Brazil, the Latin American nation hit hardest by the pandemic, has registered 1,532 deaths thus far.
Witzel, a number one proponent of closing non-essential companies and ordering folks to remain residence, mentioned he had began feeling unwell Friday, with a fever, sore throat and lack of odor, a key symptom of the virus.
“Today, the test result came back positive… Now, thank God, I’m feeling better, and will continue working while following my doctors’ advice,” mentioned Witzel, 52.
“I ask you once again to stay home, because this disease, as everyone can see, spreads quickly and doesn’t spare anyone.” Barbalho, 40, who mentioned he was asymptomatic, made an identical enchantment.
“This virus is extremely contagious, it doesn’t recognize age or class. Everyone is exposed. So please stay home,” he mentioned.
Social distancing insurance policies have been attacked by Bolsonaro, who accuses them of needlessly wrecking Latin America’s largest economic system over a illness the far-right president has in comparison with a “little flu.”
Witzel fired again final month that Bolsonaro’s defiance of tips from the United Nations and World Health Organization may very well be thought of a “crime against humanity.” Brazil, the Latin American nation hit hardest by the pandemic, has registered 1,532 deaths thus far.
