Brazil's Bolsonaro wants names of vaccine-approving officials despite death threats

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask during a ceremony of signing the Vaccine Technology Transfer Agreement for Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he has asked for the names of health officials that had approved COVID-19 vaccines for children in Brazil, saying he planned to make their identities public despite previous death threats.

In late October, Brazil's health regulator, Anvisa, released a statement saying that five of its directors had received death threats over the possible approval of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged between five and 11 years old. The agency granted such approval for the Pfizer shot on Thursday.