BRAZIL’S Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone today in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of Covid-19 vaccine cards.

A federal police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she wasn’t authorised to speak publicly, said that Mr Bolsonaro will be deposed at Federal Police headquarters and confirmed that one of his closest allies, Mauro Cid, was arrested.

The Federal Police said officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the Covid-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system.