Brazil battles Chinese red tape to get active vaccine ingredients

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Brazilian military flew medical personnel and 1,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine deep into the Amazon rainforest to start inoculating indigenous people against the coronavirus

A healthcare worker receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease vaccine at the Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

“It’s a new situation, and there’s a bureaucratic problem. The Chinese are still defining procedures, which takes time,” one source said. “There’s also a relative scarcity of supplies.” Brazil’s federally funded Fiocruz biomedical center said it would not be able to deliver finished doses of the AstraZeneca shot until March as it waits for the first shipment of active ingredients from China. The institute had been aiming for 1 million doses by mid-February.

However, the first shipment to Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro has been delayed repeatedly, leaving the facility there idle. Brazil’s government is scrambling to import ready doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India, but has faced delays there too.

 

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JJ_Rochester But we're having trouble getting them to people in New York State?!

The new variant of COVID-19 was discovered in Brazil in 2019 WhatsApp is banned in some parts of Brazil. It is misused for narcotics trafficking. A Brazilian dentist in Britain involved in ragging was linked Mafia. This linked to the 2nd Paris massacres.

Is he the guy that you calling a genocidal dictator vaccinating ethnic minorities? Doesn't that look strange for the your narrative? I saw that they did not quote the president in the call. Because?

'Medical personnel' ? The person giving that shot looks like a rank amateur - not even wearing gloves

How in the world did COVID reach these ppl?

After sistematically destroying their habitat...... shame

Chinese means temporary

Biggest mistake. Chinese vaccine with 50.4% efficacy. Now bolsnaro can remove indigenous people and cut amazon for his personal gains.

Didn't their president say it's efficacy is below par?

This will be interesting. Do we know much about this vaccine

Great news! You can count on Caucasian’s to take care of our happily indigenous people! Thank you!

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