On 24 March, president Bolsonaro declared that the routine in the country must return to reality and that the Brazilian press spread the panic around the coronavirus, which he called again "little flu". Speaking on radio and television, Bolsonaro also criticized governors for determining quarantine—with trade and border closures—and questioned why schools were closed.[111][112] Politicians and authorities reacted to President Jair Bolsonaro's pronouncement about the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday night (24). The president called for "a return to normal", an end to "mass confinement" and said that the media had spread "dread".