Boris Johnson uses Bolsonaro meeting to promote AstraZeneca jab

British prime minister tells un-jabbed Brazilian president Covid vaccine is great' while not wearing mask

Boris Johnson has used a meeting with Brazil's coronavirus-denying president to promote Covid vaccinations -only to undermine his message by failing to wear a face mask.

The British prime minister met Jair Bolsonaro - who has been accused of sabotaging Brazilian vaccination efforts and claims not to have been jabbed - at the British Consulate General's residence in New York on Monday, on the eve of the United Nations general assembly.