Brazil marked 50 times without having an official Overall health Minister on Saturday, as the coronavirus pandemic that has infected much more than 1.5 million of its citizens, and killed at the very least 63,000, continues to grip the state.

The posture has been briefly loaded by Military Normal Eduardo Pazzuello, who has no health-related knowledge, given that the very last Wellbeing Minister, Nelson Teich, stop on May well 15.

Teich, who spent less than a thirty day period in place of work, still left amid criticism from President Jair Bolsonaro that he was “far too timid in the force to reopen the economy and to advocate for the use of chloroquine.” Teich failed to give a cause for his resignation.

Teich’s predecesor, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who advocated for social distancing measures and the use of masks was fired by Bolsonaro. 

Bolsonaro, who often defies social distancing tips encouraged by most health authorities and has dismissed the virus as “a very little flu,” has been broadly criticized for downplaying the severity of the virus. 

On Friday, Bolsonaro vetoed areas of a law that mandates putting on encounter masks in public all through the pandemic. The use of masks in searching malls, shops, spiritual temples, academic institutions and other closed destinations the place folks gather will no extended be required, but person states and municipalities can implement people measures. 

Brazil has the second highest number coronavirus cases and deaths globally after the US.