Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he is back in hospital with a skin infection caused by bacteria, adding that he does not it is known when he can be discharged, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
The ex-president announced on social media that he had to enter the hospital again, again with erysipelas - an acute infectious disease also known as scarlet fever, as he had in 2022. Yesterday he was admitted to a medical facility in the city of Manaus after his hospitalization briefly on Saturday, his spokesman said.
Bolsonaro is barred from political office until 2030 for spreading disinformation during the 2022 election, when he ran for re-election but lost to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro was also formally accused by the police of falsifying information about his vaccination against COVID-19.