Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection

FILE PHOTO: Bolsonaro participates in party event amid coup inquiry, in Goiania

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on as he arrives for a state meeting of the Liberal Party, in Goiania, Brazil, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged.

Bolsonaro said on social media he was hospitalized again with erysipelas, a skin disease which he had in 2022 and again on Saturday, when he was also briefly hospitalized, according to a spokesperson.

Bolsonaro is ineligible for political office until 2030 for spreading electoral misinformation during the 2022 election, when he lost a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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He also has been formally accused by police of fraud related to his COVID-19 vaccination records.

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By Reuters