Brazil’s President turns down Boris Johnson’s request to get Covid vaccine in awkward exchange

Boris Johnson told Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to “get the vaccine” when the pair met for a bilateral meeting in New York on Monday. The two leaders, who were joined by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, sat side-by-side as the UK Prime Minister described the AstraZeneca jab as a “great vaccine”. Mr Johnson then appeared to encourage the far-right South American leader, who is a known vaccine sceptic, to get jabbed.