Brazil's jailed ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized in ICU with pneumonia

Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro ​was hospitalised in an intensive care unit ‌on Friday after being diagnosed with bronchopneumonia, according to a medical note from the DF Star hospital.

Bolsonaro, 70, ​was taken to the hospital early on ​Friday with a high fever, chills and ⁠a drop in oxygen saturation, the note said, ​adding that he is being treated with antibiotics.

The ​former president's condition is serious and he is expected to remain in hospital for at least the next few ​days, one of the doctors treating him, ​Brasil Caiado, told reporters in Brasilia.

The former president, who governed from 2019 to 2022, has a history of hospitalisations and surgeries related to a stabbing during a ​2018 campaign ​event.

He had ⁠been hospitalised in January for a series of exams after falling and hitting ​his head. In December, he underwent medical ​procedures ⁠to treat a hernia and persistent hiccups.

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.