Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that the negative impact of nCoV has been exaggerated, in the context of complicated Covid-19.

"In my opinion, the destructive power of nCoV has been exaggerated. It may even be exaggerated for political reasons," Bolsonaro told about 200 Brazilian supporters during his visit to Miami, the state. Florida, USA March 9.

Bolsonaro is on a trip to Florida, USA in an effort to call for foreign investment into Latin America's largest economy. He met US President Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach on March 8.

The announcement was made in the context of Sao Paulo, Brazil stock market fell more than 12% on March 9, the lowest since 1998, while shares of the Brazilian national oil and gas group fell more than 31% before. Concerned about the potential spread of Covid-19.

Trump last weekend said he was "completely unconcerned" about Covid-19, and had no plans to cancel his re-election campaigns for the White House, despite many other public events in the United States. cancel in case of nCoV.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on March 9 warned that the "threat of a Covid-19 pandemic" to the world is becoming very close and Brazil is not out of that risk. Brazil has recorded 25 cases of nCoV so far.

Covid-19 originated in China at the end of December 2019 and has now appeared in 113 countries and territories, making more than 114,000 people infected, of which more than 4,000 people died, about 64,000 people recovered.