FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of empty Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge, a cable-stayed bridge, on the first day of lockdown imposed by state government because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry issued an order on Friday deeming truck stops, gas stations and highway diners as essential services, seeking to ensure cargo haulers keep moving grains, feed and meat to markets at home and abroad despite the coronavirus pandemic.
States and municipalities have imposed strict quarantine measures to combat the fast-spreading disease, threatening to disrupt food production and the shipment of farm products to supermarkets and ports.
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