Brazil to extend coronavirus economic aid on Tuesday, official says

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro wears a protective mask during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil will officially announce on Tuesday the extension of an aid payment program designed to help people weather the economic damage of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a government official said on Saturday.

President Jair Bolsonaro has previously stated that the aid payments, which are due to expire this month, will be renewed through the end of the year. However, a planned announcement last Tuesday was delayed after disagreements about the form of future aid payments and related benefits arose between the Economy Ministry and Bolsonaro.