<p>Brazil's health ministry said on Friday that it had taken the system used to report Covid-19 case numbers and deaths offline in recent days to protect against a suspected cyber attack.</p>.<p>Elcio Franco, Executive Secretary for the Ministry of Health, said the ministry had blocked access to its network in order to protect the data.</p>.<p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-915402.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The government website where Brazil publishes its daily Covid-19 reporting is now back online.</p>.<p>Franco said the numbers on the website may not be completely up to date, but that the ministry expected to have fixed the issue by Monday.</p>
<p>Brazil's health ministry said on Friday that it had taken the system used to report Covid-19 case numbers and deaths offline in recent days to protect against a suspected cyber attack.</p>.<p>Elcio Franco, Executive Secretary for the Ministry of Health, said the ministry had blocked access to its network in order to protect the data.</p>.<p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-915402.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The government website where Brazil publishes its daily Covid-19 reporting is now back online.</p>.<p>Franco said the numbers on the website may not be completely up to date, but that the ministry expected to have fixed the issue by Monday.</p>