Brazilâs top court probes health ministerâs COVID-19 response in Manaus By Syndicated Content
Jan 25, 2021 6:19 PM
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski has approved an investigation into Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern city of Manaus, according to a court document released on Monday.
Lewandowski granted a petition for the probe by Attorney General Augusto Aras, and gave a period of 60 days for the probe to conclude. Pazuello has five days to give testimony to the federal police, the document shows.
Manaus, in the northern state of Amazonas, has been hit hard by a brutal second wave that has pushed the city s emergency services to breaking point. The city ran out of oxygen, prompting the federal government to fly in tanks from across the country in order to save people from suffocating to death.
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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski has approved an investigation into Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern city of Manaus, according to a court document released on Monday.