Brazil's ex-health minister attacks Bolsonaro as Covid-19 deaths top 100,000

Luiz Henrique Mandetta says the Brazilian president's misguided' handling of the crisis has failed to comfort families

Jair Bolsonaro's former health minister has accused the Brazilian president of failing to offer a single word of comfort" to the families of the 100,000 Brazilians who have lost their lives to Covid-19.

In an interview marking Brazil's latest Covid-19 milepost, Luiz Henrique Mandetta - who was sacked in April after challenging the president's internationally condemned coronavirus response - expressed consternation that Brazil's leaders had failed to recognise so much pain.