Last week, the ministry postponed its daily tally of infections and deaths by around two and a half hours, to just before 10:00 pm. Top media groups, including Folha and Globo, announced they were teaming up to release their own daily figures based on data collected directly from state health officials. INDEPENDENT COUNTAlready, their toll diverges from the official one, with 178 more deaths and 3,475 more infections. Brazil's health ministry is currently run by an interim minister, whose two predecessors were ousted mid-pandemic after disagreements with Bolsonaro. Wizard later apologized to victims' families over the remark, and withdrew his candidacy for the health ministry post after online protesters threatened to boycott his companies.

Source: Daily Nation June 09, 2020 03:44 UTC