Bolsonaro says he will take “rational measures” against a new variant of coronavirus called omicron

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, affirmed this Friday that he will take “Rational measures” Faced with the appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus, which has turned on global alerts, although it once again protested against social isolation measures.

“Anything can happen. A new variant, a new virus. But Brazil and the world cannot endure a new confinement, it would be condemning everyone to misery, which also leads to death “said the president in statements to journalists after participating in a military graduation in Rio de Janeiro.

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Bolsonaro, one of the most denialist rulers in the face of the pandemic and who has not yet been vaccinated, also asked that the population not be “terrified” by the emergence of the variant identified in South Africa, baptized “omicron”And whose transmission potential could be much higher.

“We have to face reality without being terrified”he urged.

With about 213 million inhabitants, 613,000 dead and 22 million infected by covid-19, Brazil It is, in absolute terms, the second country in the world most affected by the disease, only behind the United States.

In that framework, Bolsonaro He indicated that he held meetings with the country’s health authorities after they recommended the imposition of restrictive measures on passengers from six African countries, where the circulation of the variant was detected.

However, the president, who ruled out the closure of airports this Friday, did not mention possible restrictions on travelers from Africa, but pointed out that Brazil could apply quarantines to passengers on flights from Argentina.

“We discussed Argentina: whoever comes here by car from Argentina enters without problems. Who comes by plane, quarantines for four days. Then I will take rational measures. Carnival for example, I’m not going to Carnivall ”, he affirmed.

During his speech to the military graduates, Bolsonaro also took stock of his Government since he assumed the Presidency, in January 2019, and admitted that “there were problems throughout the last three years”, although he considered that his team remained ” firm”.

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