Brazil has overthrown 500,000 dead COVID by anti-government protesters Coronavirus pandemic News

Thousands of people are protesting the pandemic response of President Jair Bolsonaro, as the number of COVID deaths in Brazil, the second largest in the world, exceeds 500,000.

Thousands took to the streets across Brazil to protest President Jair Bolsonaro’s pandemic response, detonating the leader for not getting vaccines fast enough and questioning the need to wear a mask.

The protest announced by the Brazilian Minister of Health that the country has exceeded 500,000 deaths as a result of COVID-19, the highest death toll in the world after the United States.

“I am constantly working to incorporate all Brazilians in the shortest possible time and to change this scenario that we have had for more than a year,” Marcelo Queiroga said on Twitter.

Brazil registers more than 70,000 confirmed coronavirus infections daily. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 11% of Brazilians are fully vaccinated and 29 percent have received the first dose.

The government has been heavily criticized for exceeding the first options for buying vaccines. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer said it had not responded to early offers to sell vaccines to the government between August and November last year.

“We are protesting against the genocidal Bolsonaro government that did not buy vaccines and did nothing to take care of the local people in the last year,” said 36-year-old Aline Rabelo, who was protesting at the Brazilian National Mall.

Bolsonaro’s press office did not immediately comment.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends graduation ceremony at the Naval Academy in Rio de Janeiro [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]

Brazil’s largest broadcaster reported that early afternoon protests had taken place in at least 44 cities in 20 states. Demonstrators held on to the signals demanding the removal of Bolsonaro from office while the drums were played and played.

Although organizers have still promised the largest demonstrations in more than 300 cities, the rallies on Saturday morning in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil did not appear to be greater than the last major protests on May 29.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, protests were scheduled to begin in the afternoon.

A special Senate committee is examining the Bolsonaro administration’s pandemic response, highlighting the government’s delayed efforts to obtain vaccines by prioritizing unproven treatments for COVID-19.