Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

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Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader with others potentially in store.

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination dataFormer Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the launch of the pre-candidacy of Alexandre Ramagem for the Rio de Janeiro's mayoral elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024.

During the pandemic, Bolsonaro was one of the few world leaders railing against the vaccine, openly flouting health restrictions and encouraging society to follow his example. His administration ignored several emails from pharmaceutical company Pfizer offering to sell Brazil tens of millions of shots in 2020 and openly criticized a move by Sao Paulo state’s then-Gov. João Doria to buy vaccines from Chinese company Sinovac when no jabs were otherwise available.

Police accuse Bolsonaro and his aides of tampering with the health ministry’s database shortly before he traveled to the U.S. in December 2022, two months after he lost his reelection bid to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

 

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