BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s emergency payments to aid low-income workers during the new coronavirus pandemic already total around 120 billion reais ($20.5 billion) and that figure could rise, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday.
Guedes told a press briefing marking the 500th day of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government that to weather the crisis the country must seek to strike a balance between public health and the economy.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Editing by Chris Reese)
