FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives on horseback at a demonstration by farmers against the Supreme Court and calling for end of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brasilia, Brazil . May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - World Health Organization Emergency Director Mike Ryan on Wednesday refuted statements made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus would be welcome and that it could even bring about the end of the pandemic.
In an interview earlier, Bolsonaro played down the advance of the new variant in Brazil.
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