Brazil’s immunization campaign. Lower house representative Luis Miranda, speaking late Friday at a congressional committee probing Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic, said he personally warned the president about pressures for the purchase of Covaxin vaccine.
During the conversation, as described by Miranda, Bolsonaro blamed his leader in the lower house, Ricardo Barros, for meddling in the Health Ministry, but didn’t stop the purchase of the shots.
The senate probe into Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic is investigating alleged irregularities in negotiations for the Covaxin shot from Bharat Biotech International Ltd.