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Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into statements made by President Jair Bolsonaro that falsely claim that people who have been vaccinated against covid-19 are at higher risk of contracting AIDS.
Bolsonaro made the false claims in a live video broadcast on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram on October 22.
The video was later removed by all social media platforms and Bolsonaro was temporarily suspended from both Facebook and YouTube.
Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes launched the investigation in response to a request from the country's parliamentary commission (CPI) that has been investigating the Bolsonaro government's handling of the response to the devastating covid-19 pandemic, according to a court statement posted on his official Twitter account this Friday.
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Bolsonaro has been widely criticized at home and abroad for downplaying the severity of the virus, including discouraging people from getting vaccinated, and the CPI has had access to documents showing the government ignored at least 81 vaccine offers. from Pfizer in 2020.
According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, vaccines against COVID-19 approved by health regulators are safe for most people, including those living with HIV, the virus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome known as AIDS.
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Bolsonaro is the only president of the G20 group who claims not to have been vaccinated.
Despite this, and Brazil's delay in starting a vaccination program, 60% of the country's population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Brazil registered 221 deaths related to covid-19 this Friday, according to the Ministry.
The country has registered a total of 615,400 deaths from covid since the start of the pandemic.
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