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Brazilians protest in Rio de Janeiro against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic. IMAGES
Brazilians protest against President Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janiero over his management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left over half a million dead in the country. IMAGES
With the second-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, Brazil is experiencing a huge surge in new cases. Nevertheless, Business Insider reports the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, says he has no plans to take Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine against the virus. Bolsonaro has already had COVID-19 and says he is now immune. He called those who criticize his refusal to be vaccinated 'idiots' and 'imbeciles. Thursday, Bolsonaro suggested that the vaccine could produce bizarre side-effects, such as women growing beards or men speaking in effeminate voices. In the Pfizer contract, it's very clear. 'We're not responsible for any side effects.' If you turn into a crocodile, that's your problem. Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil
Dozens of members of Brazilian trade unions gather in front of the Sao Paulo See Metropolitan Cathedral to protest the way Jair Bolsonaro's government has been handling the coronavirus pandemic, as Brazil's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000. IMAGES
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro makes his first official trip after recovering from COVID-19 as his country registers record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the virus, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people. The leader travelled over 1000km to Campo Alegre de Lourdes in the state of Bahia, to inaugurate a water supply in the municipality. IMAGES