Former President Jair Bolsonaro left the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at DF Star Hospital in Brasília, where he is being treated for bilateral bacterial pneumonia following an episode of bronchoaspiration.

According to a medical bulletin released on Tuesday (Mar. 24), he remains hospitalized despite clinical improvement and continues to receive intravenous antibiotic therapy, clinical support, and respiratory and motor physiotherapy. No discharge date has been set.

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Also on Tuesday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court granted former President Jair Bolsonaro 90 days of provisional house arrest, after which his health status will be reassessed.

Moraes granted the request submitted by the former president’s defense. According to his lawyers, Bolsonaro is unfit to return to prison due to a deterioration in his health.

The house arrest will begin upon Bolsonaro’s discharge from the hospital, where he has been since March 13.