Brazil's ex-president Lula condemns Bolsonaro over Covid in comeback bid

Lula, who governed from 2003-2011, expected to run for president again at next election

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Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Jair Bolsonaro of turning the coronavirus pandemic into a weapon of mass destruction" in a high-profile intervention some have seen as the start of an attempted political comeback.

In a wide-ranging video manifesto - which allies, adversaries and analysts took as a signal Lula would seek to challenge Brazil's far-right leader in the next presidential election - the leftist condemned Bolsonaro's handling of a crisis that has killed more than 127,000 Brazilians.