The Brazilian government said on 20 March that it has included China’s Sinovac Biotech’s Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) vaccine in its national immunization program. However, President Jair Bolsonaro announced today (April 21) that Brazil would not buy the Chinese vaccine.
According to the BBC, the Brazilian government announced on the 20th that the National Immunization Program includes the vaccine for Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19), developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford, and the vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech, which will also be included in the National Immunization Program. Within the plan. Joao Doria, Governor of São Paulo, Brazil, mentioned that the federal government has agreed to purchase 46 million doses of Kotexin vaccine.
According to Reuters, Brazilian President Carlos Posonaro met with U.S. White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien today, and posted a video on Facebook announcing that he had signed an agreement with the U.S. to strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties, and a supporter asked Posonaro at the bottom of the posting not to import Chinese vaccines. Buy vaccines from China and this problem will be solved today (tudo sera esclarecido ainda hoje.Nao compraremos a vacina da china).”
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