Brazil’s Bolsonaro recovering in hospital and unlikely to need surgery, says son

Jair Bolsonaro has appeared to struggle with speaking at times in recent weeks (Eraldo Peres/AP)

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was recovering in hospital on Thursday after being rushed in for treatment for an intestinal obstruction, but was unlikely to need surgery, his son Flavio said.

The president’s office said in a statement that Mr Bolsonaro was doing better and that his clinical and laboratory results were “satisfactory”, but it gave no expected discharge date.