Employees inspect vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac Biotech's vaccine against the coronavirus disease , at Butantan biomedical production center in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliRIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA: Brazil aims to begin nationwide COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan 20, the head of the national mayor's association said on Thursday , as Britain banned arrivals from the country over fears of a new homegrown coronavirus variant.
Japan's health ministry said on Sunday it had detected the new variant in four travelers from Brazil's northern Amazonas state. This one features 12 mutations, including one also found in highly infections variants recently discovered in Britain and South Africa that have begun circulating around the globe.
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