Brazil's Bolsonaro in hospital after feeling discomfort

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro listens to Brazil's Environment Minister Joaquim Leite during an event to promote the production and sustainable use of Biomethane at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 21, 2022.REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital for tests on Monday after feeling abdominal "discomfort", his Communications Minister Fabio Faria said.

"He is alright," Faria told Reuters, confirming earlier local media reports that the president was taken to the Army Hospital in Brasilia for tests.