Anger in Brazil: Bolsonaro Orders Allowed to Allow Immunized Tourists | Israel today

A controversial decision by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government has sparked a storm in the country after it allowed unvaccinated tourists to enter the country's territory and led the opposition to claim the president is trying to make the country a "haven for Corona deniers".

The decision was made yesterday by Health Minister Marcello Cuiruga, ignored senior Ministry of Health officials and ruled that unvaccinated tourists from around the world could enter Brazilian territory for unlimited periods of time and without significant restrictions.

Monica Francisco, a member of the Brazilian Congress, expressed outrage at the decision, saying it "stinks of the deaths of Brazilian citizens. More than 600,000 people have died of coronary heart disease in Brazil and millions more have been hospitalized as a result of the virus spreading in the giant South American country."

Burial of the dead from Corona in Brazil, Photo: AP

Attila Amarino, a scientist in the field of virology and a well-known media person, tweeted angrily about the decision and wrote: "You do not want to be vaccinated? Do you deny an epidemic? Ignore Corona? "We do not demand that you be vaccinated here. Our public health services are at your service."

Anvisa, the organization for the regulation of health services in Brazil, strongly opposed the decision, which led to a sharp attack on him by the president.

"Or, damn it, is it again? Are we really going to repeat all this business again?", The Brazilian president was furious and said "Omicron, prepare yourselves, they have more sacks of variants on the way to us."

Although it has taken place in Corona, the Brazilian president opposes any significant step against the plague and has previously called it the "little flu".

Recently, the president, whose popularity has plummeted since the outbreak of the plague, has become more hostile to any move aimed at protecting his countrymen from the spread of the virus.

A significant vaccination campaign has succeeded in recent months in significantly reducing the mortality rate in Brazil but now the country is feeling another outbreak due to the omicron virus.

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