Brazil's central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that Latin America's largest economy will begin to recover from the coronavirus crisis in the fourth quarter, according to an interview in local media.
A health worker, controls the temperature of a woman in a sanitary barrier during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio
Brazil has more coronavirus cases than any other country in Latin America. On Saturday, the health ministry said the number of confirmed cases rose by 2,917 to 36,599. Deaths rose by 206 to 2,347, the ministry said. On Saturday, he repeated this argument in Brasilia, meeting with a small crowd of protesters on the streets and broadcasting the encounter on Facebook Live.
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