Brazil restores detailed COVID-19 data after Supreme Court ruling


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Jun 2020

Men run near a graffiti depicting a woman wearing a protective face mask, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday restored detailed COVID-19 data to its official national website following controversy over the removal of cumulative totals and a ruling by a Supreme Court justice that the full set of information be reinstated.

The move came after days of mounting pressure from across the political spectrum and allegations the government was trying to mask the severity of the outbreak, now the world's second-largest.

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