Former Brazil minister chides Bolsonaro over Covid crisis
Former health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta tells senate probe that president ignored his warnings on high death toll
A former Brazilian health minister set a harsh tone at the beginning of a congressional probe into President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic, accusing him of fuelling the coronavirus crisis, and the economy minister of doing nothing to prevent it.
Luiz Henrique Mandetta, the first of Bolsonaro’s four health chiefs during the pandemic, mentioned a long list of mistakes he sees as committed by the president since the virus appeared in Brazil last year. He frequently repeated the mantra “I warned him” during more than six hours of testimony on Tuesday. The investigation was continuing on Wednesday with former health minister Nelson Teich scheduled to speak...
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