Home Ministry officials also said sub-categories of visa have been reduced from 104 to 65, thus rationalising and simplifying the visa regime and removing confusion.
Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries.
Coronavirus: The lockdown is set to end on Tuesday, though several chief ministers, including Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal, have said they would like the lockdown to be extended