Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll rises to 1, 000 in Brazil, over 19,638 infected
The hardest hit is Sao Paulo state, the country's industrial hub and home to more than 44 million people -- about the population of Spain.
The hardest hit is Sao Paulo state, the country's industrial hub and home to more than 44 million people -- about the population of Spain.
Bolsonaro said Trump had changed his mind in a phone call initiated by the US president.
Brazil has claimed that the fires in the Amazon were under control and that they are common at this time of year but that some countries are taking advantage of the situation to justify trade restrictions on Brazil.
Bolsonaro said, "Our units have started working in the region. Now, the forest is not as burning as people say. The fire occurs (in the area) where people deforest".
Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, among other cities demanded a decisive action to protect the Amazon and denounced the far-right President, whose initial reaction to the fires was to blame them on environmentalist.