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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared on social media he refuses to follow directives on social distancing from the World Health Organisation, because it promotes 'masturbation' in children under four.

In a bizarre Facebook post, which has been subsequently removed from his profile page on the social media platform, Bolsonaro cited an obscure guide about sex education to question the WHO's authority on coronavirus.

Bolsonaro, 65, ranted online about the WHO's alleged recommendation children under four derive 'satisfaction and pleasure upon touching their own body *masturbation*'. 

He used this and other tenuous references to make his case the global agency is in no position to direct him on the best way to curb the spread of COVID-19.