# he has called Covid "just a little flu"
# rejected a nationwide lockdown, saying such measures only made the poor poorer
# called state governors and mayors who imposed lockdown "tyrants"
# cast doubts on the efficacy and safety of jabs and said he wouldn't get vaccinated
# joked the Pfizer jab may "turn people into crocodiles" dismissed opportunities to purchase millions of vaccine doses
# told people to "stop whining" about the situation
He continues to oppose lockdowns, but his government has now stepped up its drive to vaccinate the country's population of more than 200 million people. Brazil has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
