Brazilian police are investigating how the former far-right leader — a strident coronavirus sceptic who vowed never to get a COVID-19 vaccine — was registered as vaccinated in health records made public in February.
Brazilian police have raided former president Jair Bolsonaro's home and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into his COVID-19 vaccination records.Health records made public in February showed he was registered as vaccinated
A person familiar with the probe said federal police found evidence of tampering with Mr Bolsonaro's vaccine records in his last weeks as president in late December, before he flew to the United States, where most foreign visitors must be vaccinated. The vaccine probe is one of many putting the former far-right leader under pressure, including investigations into alleged voter suppression, attacks on the legitimacy of Brazilian elections and embezzlement of foreign gifts.In a statement, federal police said they were serving 16 search warrants and six preventive arrest warrants in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro as part of the operation but did not disclose the names of those targeted.
Mr Bolsonaro's personal security officers, Max Guilherme and Sergio Cordeiro, who have stayed on as part of his detail, were also arrested during Wednesday's operation.Police said they were investigating "false data" allegedly added to a national COVID-19 database between November 2021 and December 2022, when Mr Bolsonaro was still president.
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