A man walks along the shore at Icarai beach in Niteroi, Brazil, Thursday, March 19, 2020, backdropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, left center, and the Contemporary Art Museum, both closed to visitors as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus. For most people, COVID-19 causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP…
March 19, 2020
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Brazil's Bolsonaro strives to regain leadership amid virus
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, defying his own health ministry's recommendations and denouncing a “certain hysteria,” Brazil's president is now projecting himself as leading the nation's response to the coronavirus crisis in what has become one of the biggest challenges to his presidency.