Bolivia Health Minister Arrested in Graft Probe Over Ventilators
- Nation apparently overpaid for equipment to deal with pandemic
- May 3 election was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
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Bolivia’s health minister was arrested amid an investigation into a contract to import ventilators from Spain at apparently inflated prices.
The minister, Marcelo Navajas, was among those detained over the deal to import 170 ventilators needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, state news agency ABI said. Navajas was also removed from his post.