Brazil's top court opens investigation into Bolsonaro for vaccines claim

(CNN)Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered an probe into President Jair Bolsonaro's mendacious assertion that radical who person been vaccinated against Covid-19 whitethorn person a higher hazard of contracting AIDS.

Bolsonaro made the untruthful claims successful a unrecorded video broadcast connected aggregate societal media platforms successful October. He was temporarily suspended from some Facebook and YouTube pursuing the comments.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes launched the enquiry successful effect to a petition by the country's parliamentary committee which has been investigating Bolsonaro's government's effect to the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, according to a connection posted from the court's authoritative Twitter relationship Friday.

Bolsonaro has been wide criticized astatine location and overseas for playing down the severity of the virus, including discouraging radical to get vaccinated, contempt Brazil battling 1 of the worst coronavirus outbreaks successful the world.

The parliamentary committee has had entree to documents that amusement the authorities ignored astatine slightest 81 vaccine offers from Pfizer successful 2020.

According to the Joint United Nations Programme connected HIV and AIDS, Covid-19 vaccines approved by wellness regulators are harmless for astir people, including those surviving with HIV, the microorganism that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome known arsenic AIDS.

Bolsonaro is the lone G20 President who claims not to person been vaccinated. Despite that, and Brazil's hold successful starting a vaccination program, 60% of the country's colonisation has been wholly vaccinated, according to Brazil's Ministry of Health.

Brazil registered 221 Covid-19 related deaths connected Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The state has recorded 615,400 Covid deaths since the commencement of the pandemic.