Call for Quarantine of Brazil Due to COVID-19 Variant Spread

other · 2021-03-08 · Brazil and international travel routes

An opinion piece calls for a total quarantine of Brazil to prevent the spread of the P.1 COVID-19 variant, which is more contagious and can reinfect people. The article criticizes Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro for refusing lockdowns and vaccination programs and urges other countries to ban flights from Brazil until the situation is controlled.

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Sources

• “If I were World Dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine... The world can do this quite easily, if it chooses, and Bolsonaro doesn’t get a vote.” — The Islands Grapevine – March 11th, 2021 (March 11th, 2021)

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