RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday, March 12th, that if the economic and health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic persist longer than the period covered by the new four-month round of emergency aid, the government will have to re-examine a potential extension of the benefit granted to the most vulnerable.
"The emergency aid is for the pandemic. Should the pandemic continue among us, then we will have to discuss emergency aid again in the future. But if the pandemic is gone, the emergency aid ends, and people covered by the Bolsa Fam . . .
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