Ex-Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro accused of falsifying his Covid vaccine data

Former president Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted (Andre Penner/AP)

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination data in the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader.

The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a public health database to make it appear as though the then-president, his 12-year-old daughter and several others in his circle had received the Covid vaccine.