Chamber and Senate mourn the 10,000 deaths from coronavirus in Brazil | Politics

Brazil has so far recorded more than 10,000 deaths from complications of the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) since the first case was reported in the country in March, according to a survey by state health departments on Friday (9).

The act that decrees the official mourning was published in an extraordinary edition of the Official Gazette of the National Congress this Saturday.

With the measure, celebrations, celebrations or festivities are prohibited during these days.

President Jair Bolsonaro had said on Friday (8) that he was going to have a barbecue. He gave the following statement: “I invited the boy from CGU (Comptroller General of the Union), I am committing a crime, having a barbecue on Saturday here at home, I invited Wagner (Rosário), the CGU minister, and we are going to hit you chat here, who knows how to do a peladinha, some ministers, some more humble servants are on my side “.

This Saturday, however, he said it was a “false” event.

Pressure to end isolation is an almost criminal act

On Thursday, the mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), said he understands the concern about the resumption of economic activities, but that the pressure with this objective at this moment is an “almost criminal” act.