webfact Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Brazil takes down COVID-19 data, hiding soaring death toll By Ana Mano FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after a meeting at the Ministry of Defense headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, May 29 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil removed from public view months of data on its COVID-19 epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world's second-largest coronavirus outbreak. Brazil's Health Ministry removed the data from a website that had documented the epidemic over time and by state and municipality. The ministry also stopped giving a total count of confirmed cases, which have shot past 672,000 – more than anywhere outside the United States – or a total death toll, which passed Italy this week, nearing 36,000 by Saturday. "The cumulative data ... does not reflect the moment the country is in," Bolsonaro said on Twitter, citing a note from the ministry. "Other actions are underway to improve the reporting of cases and confirmation of diagnoses." Bolsonaro has played down the dangers of the pandemic, replaced medical experts in the Health Ministry with military officials and argued against state lockdowns to fight the virus, hobbling the country's public health response. Neither Bolsonaro nor the ministry gave a reason for erasing most of the data on the covid.saude.gov.br website, which had been a key public resource for tracking the pandemic. The page was taken down on Friday and reloaded Saturday with a new layout and just a fraction of the data, reflecting only deaths, cases and recoveries within the last 24 hours. Late on Saturday, the ministry reported 27,075 new confirmed infections and 904 related deaths since its Friday update. The government drew criticism this week for pushing back the release of its daily tally, previously available around 5 p.m. but released in recent days near 10 p.m. "Transparency of information is a powerful instrument for combating the epidemic," wrote Paulo Jeronimo de Sousa, head of the Brazilian Press Association, in a note accusing the government of "trying to silence the press at this late hour." Asked by journalists on Friday about the delayed release, Bolsonaro needled the nation's most-watched news program, Jornal Nacional, which begins at 8:30 p.m. "There goes the story for Jornal Nacional," he joked, adding that the show "likes to say Brazil has the record for deaths." Brazil reported more new cases and deaths from COVID-19 than any other country on four consecutive days this week. Bolsonaro tweeted on Saturday that a later daily update would "avoid undernotification and inconsistencies." (Reporting by Ana Mano in Sao Paulo; Editing by Brad Haynes, Matthew Lewis and Daniel Wallis) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-08 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4reaL Posted June 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2020 Brazil's version of Trump. 9 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenbrwn1 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Nice to see a developing country at least being honest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted June 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 "The cumulative data ... does not reflect the moment the country is in," Bolsonaro said Yeah, right, you bet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Amateur. "Patients Under investigation For Their Symptoms" would have done it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryford Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Still way better than the UK. Fewer deaths with 3 times the population. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sheryl Posted June 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Henryford said: Still way better than the UK. Fewer deaths with 3 times the population. So far. It started later there and has not peaked yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 As they head into their winter of course deaths do to respiratory ailments will increase ! It happens everywhere. When winter is over and sunny days follow, you can bet that deaths will subside ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nobodysfriend Posted June 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 First , Bolsonaro enabled the destruction of the amazonian rainforest , then he downplayed the risks of the virus . Brazilian people pay with their lives for his arrogance and ignorance . Did he ever do something good ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Watch this space, it ain't over yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 He's a tip-rat and is murdering his citizens through his misinformation and denial about Covid. Trump praises the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WM1 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 And Wajngarten is Brasil's answer to Kushner. Never heard of him and his Covid trip to Florida?! Zionists and Evangelicals in Brasil are the same as we've got in the US. Bad news!!! Bad Hombres! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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