Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 7:06:27 GMT
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced this Monday cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as his new Minister of Health, the fourth since the first case of covid was recorded in Brazil, a country that has become the current global epicenter of the pandemic. The far-right leader announced the replacement of the current minister, Army General Eduardo Pazuello, in a conversation with followers in front of the Alvorada Palace, the residence of the Presidency, and announced that the appointment will be published in the Tuesday edition of the Official Gazette.
The change of minister occurs at a time when Brazil is approaching , deaths from coronavirus and exceeds million cases of the disease, which make it the second Iraq Telegram Number Data country in the world in both number of victims and cases. only surpassed by the United States. It also occurs a few hours after fellow cardiologist Ludhmila Hajjar revealed that she rejected Bolsonaro's invitation to take over as head of Health due to disagreements with the head of state's ideas regarding the best way to end the pandemic. Just like Pazuello's two predecessors, deputy Luiz Henrique Mandetta and oncologist Nelson Teich, who left the Ministry due to differences with Bolsonaro, Hajjar said that, unlike the president, he considers that confinements are necessary to reduce infections.
That they do not The use of remedies without scientific verification can be encouraged to treat covid. After Hajjar's refusal, Bolsonaro met with Queiroga this Monday and announced his appointment shortly after in an informal conversation with his followers and without the Government having confirmed it. "His appointment for the Ministry was decided this afternoon. He is president of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. The conversation was excellent, I had known him for a few years, so he is not someone I just met. In my opinion, he has everything to do a good job, continuing what Pazuello has done to this day," he said.
The change of minister occurs at a time when Brazil is approaching , deaths from coronavirus and exceeds million cases of the disease, which make it the second Iraq Telegram Number Data country in the world in both number of victims and cases. only surpassed by the United States. It also occurs a few hours after fellow cardiologist Ludhmila Hajjar revealed that she rejected Bolsonaro's invitation to take over as head of Health due to disagreements with the head of state's ideas regarding the best way to end the pandemic. Just like Pazuello's two predecessors, deputy Luiz Henrique Mandetta and oncologist Nelson Teich, who left the Ministry due to differences with Bolsonaro, Hajjar said that, unlike the president, he considers that confinements are necessary to reduce infections.
That they do not The use of remedies without scientific verification can be encouraged to treat covid. After Hajjar's refusal, Bolsonaro met with Queiroga this Monday and announced his appointment shortly after in an informal conversation with his followers and without the Government having confirmed it. "His appointment for the Ministry was decided this afternoon. He is president of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. The conversation was excellent, I had known him for a few years, so he is not someone I just met. In my opinion, he has everything to do a good job, continuing what Pazuello has done to this day," he said.
