the president has now appointed oncologist nelson teich as the new health minister. deaths from the coronavirus and more than 30,000 brazilians have tested positive. let's get more on this with journalist gustavo ribeiro. he's the co—founder of the english—language news site the brazilian report. thanks for coming on. how has the news of this been received in brazil? thanks for having me. well, overwhelmingly it has been a negative reaction. jair bolsonaro now trusts his political future into the hands of his new health minister, because, really, luiz henrique mandetta was the member of the government with the highest approval ratings. he had twice as much support as the president himself. and now because of disagreements on how to deal with the pandemic, because jair bolsonaro wants to jumpstart because jair bolsonaro wants to jumpsta rt the economy because jair bolsonaro wants to jumpstart the economy right away, he needs to hope that this strategy will pan out well, because all experts point out that brazil will see cases and deaths related to covid—19 skyrocketin

the president has now appointed oncologist nelson teich as the new health minister.om the coronavirus and more than 30,000 brazilians have tested positive. earlier, i spoke to brazilian journalist gustavo ribeiro. i started by asking him how bolsonaro's decision has been received in brazil. overwhelmingly, it has been a negative reaction. jair bolsonaro now trusts his political future into the hands of his new health minister because, really, henrique mandetta was the member of the government with the highest approval ratings. he had twice as much support as the president himself. and now, because of disagreements on how to deal with the pandemic, because bolsonaro wants to jump—start the economy right away, bolsonaro needs to hope that his strategy will pan out well because all experts point out that brazil will see cases and deaths related to covid—19 sky—rocketing in the next few weeks and the months of may and june will be the worst 60 days we are going to face in this pandemic. and he's just changing the top health official at the worst possible moment. nelson t