Court orders Brazil’s government to publish full Covid-19 figures
The decision came after the health ministry had already backtracked on its earlier position, saying on Monday that it would release data earlier
09 June 2020 - 15:46
Brasilia — Brazil's top court waded into the controversy surrounding official reporting of coronavirus death and infection figures, as a supreme court justice ruled the health ministry must revert to releasing the full set of data it had previously made available.
At the weekend, the health ministry abruptly removed troves of detailed coronavirus data and said it would no longer publish cumulative totals, causing outrage across the political spectrum. Last week it pushed back the release of the numbers late into the evening and past Brazil's main news programme...
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