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Pazuello criticised over Manaus oxygen crisis

In January 2021 hospitals in Manaus ran out of oxygen during a COVID-19 surge. A Supreme Court-authorised police inquiry and a federal prosecutors' improbity suit accused Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello of delaying action; he denied wrongdoing, and a federal judge rejected the improbity suit in 2022.

Eduardo Pazuello (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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In January 2021 hospitals in Manaus ran out of oxygen during a COVID-19 surge. A Supreme Court-authorised police inquiry and a federal prosecutors' improbity suit accused Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello of delaying action; he denied wrongdoing, and a federal judge rejected the improbity suit in 2022.

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Factrail. (2026). Pazuello criticised over Manaus oxygen crisis. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pazuello-manaus-oxygen-crisis-2021-01

https://factrail.ai/facts/pazuello-manaus-oxygen-crisis-2021-01

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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