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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Discharged From ICU, Local Media Says

SAO PAULO, March ⁠23 (Reuters) – ⁠Brazil’s hospitalized former ⁠President Jair Bolsonaro has ​been discharged from the intensive care ‌unit, local media ‌reported on Monday, ⁠citing ⁠his doctor.

Bolsonaro, 71, had been in intensive care ​in a Brasilia hospital since March 13 due to bronchopneumonia, ​a lung infection that spreads from ⁠the ⁠airways into the ⁠lungs, ​posing problems such as breathing difficulties.

The ex-president ​has ⁠been transferred to a standard room in the hospital, said local news outlets, including ⁠G1 and CNN Brasil, citing one of ⁠his doctors, Brasil Caiado.

There was no estimate for when Bolsonaro could be discharged from the hospital, according to the reports.

Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a ⁠coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

(Reporting ​by Andre Romani; Editing ​by Brendan O’Boyle)

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