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Twitter removes two Brazil President’s tweets questioning virus quarantine

Brazilian soldiers disinfect the Subway Central Station in Brasilia on March 29, 2020

Two tweets by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in which he questioned quarantine measures aimed at containing the novel coronavirus were removed Sunday, on the grounds that they violated the social network's rules.

The far-right leader had posted several videos in which he flouted his government's social distancing guidelines by mixing with supporters on the streets of Brasilia and urging them to keep the economy going.

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