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FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on before the depart of the Brazilian firefighters and supplies for humanitarian aid for a rescue mission in Haiti, at Brasilia Air Base in Brasilia, Brazil August 22, 2021. REUTERS\/Adriano Machado<\/figcaption>

BRAS\u00cdLIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he will ask his health minister to set a date to end the use of face masks as a means of reducing transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Mask have become a political issue in Brazil, with Bolsonaro long ranting against their use and frequently refusing to wear one in public despite a legal requirement to do so.<\/p>\n

In the radio interview, the president argued that with much of the population already vaccinated or having caught the virus, masks are not needed.<\/p>\n

But epidemiologists say it is too early for such a move, especially due to the rise of the Delta variant in Brazil. Although nearly 60% of Brazil\u2019s population have received their first dose, only 25% are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro said he had also commissioned a study into the use of mask wearing with a view to recommending an end to their widespread use.<\/p>\n

At over 570,000, Brazil has the world\u2019s second highest coronavirus death toll behind only the United States, propelled – according to epidemiologists – by a lack of coordinated national social distancing measures.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro said he hoped a date for ending the widespread use of masks could be set later on Monday.<\/p>\n

Any such move could prove to be largely moot, however, with states and municipalities free to set their own COVID-19 restrictions in Brazil. Any federal government position on the matter would likely only function as a guideline, though it would be considered a victory by Bolsonaro\u2019s far-right base.<\/p>\n

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