Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing in Brazil vaccine deal ahead of testimony

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, under growing pressure to explain his role in a vaccine deal with India's Bharat Biotech, said on Friday there were no irregularities in the contract for the Covaxin COVID-19 shot.

"There is nothing wrong with the Covaxin contract, there is no overpricing," he said at a news conference in the interior of São Paulo.

Luís Ricardo Miranda, a Health Ministry official, said this week he told Bolsonaro about irregularities in the deal.

 

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