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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro says he will not take coronavirus vaccine
- The president said he was ‘sure’ that Brazil’s parliament would not make immunisation mandatory
- Bolsonaro faces criticism for his handling of the pandemic, which has included playing down the virus
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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has said he will not take a vaccine against the coronavirus even after it receives approval from his own government.
“I’m telling you, I won’t take it [the vaccine],” he said in a video posted to social media on Thursday. “It is my right.”
Brazil has recorded over 170,000 coronavirus deaths, according to an AFP tally, behind only the United States.
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Bolsonaro faces criticism for his handling of the pandemic, which has included playing down the virus, opposing lockdown measures and relentlessly promoting the drug hydroxychloroquine, despite studies showing it is ineffective against Covid-19.
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He caught Covid-19 himself at the beginning of July, and more than half of his cabinet have tested positive for the virus in recent months.
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