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The former Italian Prime Minister and current European Union Economic Commissioner, Paolo Gentiloni, criticized this Saturday (2) what he called “shameful images of Brazil” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Although he did not clarify which images he was referring to, Gentiloni’s comment comes at a time when the country registered agglomerations during the end of the year festivities, such as those caused by President Jair Bolsonaro on the south coast of São Paulo.
“I have seen shameful images of Brazil. The average of the past week: 36,000 cases and 700 daily victims of the pandemic,” the Italian wrote in a post on Twitter.
This Saturday (2), Brazil registered 15,957 cases and 301 deaths from coronavirus, according to data obtained by the consortium formed by leaf, UOL, O Estado de S. Paulo, Extra, O Globo and G1. However, figures may not be reported due to delayed consolidation of data related to holidays and weekends.
In total, the country registered more than 7.7 million cases and 195,000 deaths from Covid-19, figures that place it as the third country with the most infections (behind the US and India) and the second with the most deaths, it follows. USA leads the way.
Last Friday (1st), the Brazilian president took a boat trip in Praia Grande, a neighboring city to Guarujá, where Bolsonaro is on vacation.
Wearing a Santos shirt, the president decided to jump off the boat and dive into the sea, accompanied by security guards. Bolsonaro swam to the beach and, still in the water, was soon surrounded by a maskless crowd shouting “myth.”
Two days earlier, he had once again ignored safety guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by approaching supporters, greeting bathers, picking up children and posing for photographs.
“The people here on the beach. We do that, we also take a chance to see what happens,” Bolsonaro told those present in a speech broadcast live on his social networks. “Some even complain, it is their right, but we have always been on the side of the population, which is our obligation.”
“I am doing this, I repeat, with some risks at times, but in the comfort of feeling that I am always trying to do the right thing (…) People are here on the beach, some will say it is crowded, but we have to face it everything. life. “
