Brazil's unvaccinated president Jair Bolsonaro angry at missed football game

Sao Paulo: Brazil’s president claimed Sunday that COVID-19 protocols at football matches had prevented him from attending a game. Jair Bolsonaro said he had wanted to go to a Brazilian championship match in the city of Santos, but did not because he is not vaccinated. “Why a vaccine passport? I wanted to watch Santos now and they said I needed to be vaccinated. Why should that be?” Bolsonaro told journalists near Santos. Bolsonaro is currently under a Senate investigation for his handling of the pandemic. Brazil has surpassed 600,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, according to health ministry data. Santos said Bolsonaro had not asked to attend the match, which saw Santos beat Gremio 1-0 at the Vila Belmiro Stadium. Authorities this week allowed clubs to fill 30% of available seats in Brazilian championship games. The protocol agreed by the Brazilian football confederation says all people inside stadiums must be vaccinated and recently tested.