Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro wearing a protective mask gestures as he speaks with journalists, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that governors protesting his decree to reopen gyms and hair salons can file lawsuits against it, escalating a dispute over local lockdowns instituted to slow the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.
Bolsonaro's latest decree widening the list of businesses considered "essential," announced late on Monday, was in line with his view that the economic damage and lost jobs from shuttered businesses are worse than the effects of the virus itself.
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