More economic measures in Brazil to combat the impact of the coronavirus

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 17 Mar 2020 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

It is evident that the federal government´s engagement is increasing. Yesterday the government decided to create a crisis cabinet in the presidency, coordinated by the chief minister of the Civil House, General Braga Netto, along with sixteen other ministers, the president of the Central Bank, the Attorney General of the Union, the presidents of Banco do Brasil, Caixa, and BNDES, the director-general of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the coordinator of the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Health´s Health Surveillance Secretariat.

In addition, the President of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Dias Toffoli, decided to hold meetings with heads of the legislature, the Federal Audit Court (TCU) and with the Attorney-General, in addition to the Minister of Health, to streamline decisions of the legislature and the judiciary to face the crisis. Behind the scenes, the great concern is the state of Rio de Janeiro, because the public health system is not prepared to face the worsening of the epidemic.

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