Jair Bolsonaro plans to flout New York vaccine rules at UN meeting

Brazil's president claims he has not received a Covid-19 vaccine - but his immunization records have been locked away for 100 years

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has signaled that he will snub New York City vaccination rules when he travels to next week's UN general assembly claiming not to have received a Covid jab.

Bolsonaro is the only G20 leader who publicly claims not to have been vaccinated against a disease that has killed nearly 600,000 Brazilians, although the decision to place a 100-year secrecy order on his immunization records means many citizens doubt that claim.