Virus Data Fiasco Fuels Fury Against Bolsonaro in Brazil
- Government criticized for limiting data about pandemic
- Weekend saw anti-government protests in several cities
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President Jair Bolsonaro, battling to reopen the Brazilian economy even as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of easing, is facing protests and allegations of an attempted data cover-up to hide the true toll of the disease.
State officials and Brazil’s biggest news outlets have joined efforts to publish their own figures after the government changed the way it accounts for and releases information on cases and deaths from Covid-19. Meanwhile, congressional leaders mulled passing a bill forcing the government to be more transparent.