The popular Minister of Health of Brazil, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, announced Thursday on Twitter that he had been sacked by President Jair Bolsonaro, with whom he had deep differences on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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" President Jair Bolsonaro has just announced to me that I have been dismissed from my duties as Minister of Health ", tweeted Luiz Henrique Mandetta after a meeting with the Head of State at the Presidential Palace in Planalto .