Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on as he arrives for a state meeting of the Liberal Party, in Goiania, Brazil, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged.

Bolsonaro said on social media he was hospitalized again with erysipelas, a skin disease which he had in 2022 and again on Saturday, when he was also briefly hospitalized, according to a spokesperson.