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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was set to dismiss Health Minister Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Monday, according to news outlet Globo
Bolsonaro has been at odds with Mandetta, who has contradicted the far-right leader's assessment over the coronavirus pandemic
The South American country has reported 516 deaths due to COVID-19 and more than 11,000 patients have tested positive for the with the virus

Published: 18:25 EDT, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 19:42 EDT, 6 April 2020

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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is planning on dismissing Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Monday, according to Brazilian newspaper GLOBO.

The media outlet reported that two presidential staffers confirmed Bolsonaro had made his decision and that he would make it official following a meeting with his ministers.

In a meeting earlier Monday, Mandetta admitted seeing the writing on the wall and said had no clue 'until when I will be Health Minister.'

Bolsonaro and Mandetta have clashed recently over the far-right leader's assessment over the coronavirus pandemic.

Brazilian news outlet GLOBO reported Monday that President Jair Bolsonaro was working on firing Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta.

Brazil's Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta has seen his popularity rise due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has killed more than 500 people and sickened more than 11,700

Mandetta has been outspoken in his support for social distancing and isolation to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic that has produced 73,917 deaths and 1,331,032 confirmed cases in the world.

Bolsonaro has been a proponent of using chloroquine as a treatment drug for coronavirus patients.

During a March 20 press conference, Mandetta said that the government had validated the medicine but warned that its use to treat the disease was in an experimental stage and cautioned the public of its side effects.

As of Monday evening, Brazil registered the highest death totals, with 516 people dead, and positive cases, with 11,721 diagnosed, in Latin America.

On Sunday, the Brazilian leader threatened to eliminate those within his cabinet who 'suddenly became stars and speak at the elbows' while adding that he could not think twice about using his pen to fire or request their resignations.

A poll on Friday showed that Mandetta's approval rating soared to 76 percent over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, while Bolsonaro's popularity dipped to percent, a poll by Datafolha showed on Friday.

The survey was released a day after Bolsonaro dismissed the severity of the coronavirus and said it is 'not all it's being made out to be.'

In a Thursday evening radio interview, Bolsonaro said that Mandetta has at times 'gone overboard' and lacked 'humility.'

'I don't plan on firing him during the war,' Bolsonaro said, referring to the current crisis.

Bolsonaro also went on to deny that any of the hospitals in the South American nation had reached its full capacity because of the epidemic, and pleaded state governors not to be so 'radical,' warning that their confinement and quarantine measures are taking a heavy toll on the economy.

Bolsonaro tested negative for the coronavirus in March a couple of days after a close aid developed symptom and tested positive after the Brazilian president and his contingent traveled to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump.