As Brazil reaches the mark of 660,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19, the assessment of the performance of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in relation to the pandemic is improving, although it is still more negative than positive, according to a Datafolha survey.
The survey was carried out on the 22nd and 23rd of last month. There were 2,556 interviews in 181 municipalities with people aged 16 and over. The margin of error is two points up or down.
The share of respondents who say they see the president's handling of the biggest health emergency in recent history as excellent or good went from 22% in September last year to 28% in March. Those who rate it as fair went from 22% to 25%, and the share of those who see the performance as poor/very poor dropped from 54% to 46%.
Over just over two years of the circulation of the Sars-CoV-2 virus in the country, Bolsonaro disrespected health measures, promoted large gatherings, publicized and acquired drugs that were ineffective against Covid and propagated false claims about vaccines.
His management was the subject of a Senate investigation whose final report, approved in October 2021, attributed crimes to the federal government and called for the accountability of several agents, especially the president of the Republic.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon