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Brazil loses second health minister in less than a month as Covid-19 deaths rise
Source: The Guardian
Brazil loses second health minister in less than a month as Covid-19 deaths rise
Nelson Teich’s sudden resignation was announced in message from health ministry after Bolsonaro sacked Luiz Mandetta in April
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 15 May 2020 17.12 BST
Last modified on Fri 15 May 2020 20.12 BST
Brazil’s health minister has abruptly resigned after less than a month on the job – and a day after the country announced it had recorded nearly 14,000 deaths.
The sudden resignation of Nelson Teich was announced in a curt WhatsApp message from the health ministry on Friday morning, and is likely to deepen the turmoil around Brazil’s flailing response to the pandemic.
Teich was Brazil’s second health minister to leave office in less than a month.
His popular predecessor, Luiz Mandetta, was fired by he country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro,on 16 April following disagreements over social isolation measures, which Bolsonaro has dismissed as unnecessary.
News of Teich’s resignation was greeted with dismay by doctors fighting the virus. Albert Ko, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine blamed “the lack of leadership and poor governance”.
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Nelson Teich’s sudden resignation was announced in message from health ministry after Bolsonaro sacked Luiz Mandetta in April
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 15 May 2020 17.12 BST
Last modified on Fri 15 May 2020 20.12 BST
Brazil’s health minister has abruptly resigned after less than a month on the job – and a day after the country announced it had recorded nearly 14,000 deaths.
The sudden resignation of Nelson Teich was announced in a curt WhatsApp message from the health ministry on Friday morning, and is likely to deepen the turmoil around Brazil’s flailing response to the pandemic.
Teich was Brazil’s second health minister to leave office in less than a month.
His popular predecessor, Luiz Mandetta, was fired by he country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro,on 16 April following disagreements over social isolation measures, which Bolsonaro has dismissed as unnecessary.
News of Teich’s resignation was greeted with dismay by doctors fighting the virus. Albert Ko, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine blamed “the lack of leadership and poor governance”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/brazil-health-minister-nelson-teich-resigns