By March 20 , 2020 , Brazil 's government was yet to take action against controlling the spread of coronavirus .
However , President Jair Bolsonaro has issued few country-wide measures to slow the spread of the virus , and because the federal government failed to act appropriately regarding the pandemic and had , as of 20 March , not decided to cancel classes in the whole country , lower instances of government had to act autonomously .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Brazil