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Brazil to receive 2 million AstraZeneca vaccines on Friday

Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga announced that Brazil will receive a batch of 2 million AstraZeneca vaccines on Friday, by way of the UN-backed Covax Facility. 

The shipment will be added to the 137 million doses already given out by the country’s vaccination program — 39 million people have been fully immunized so far. Mr. Queiroga also confirmed that Brazil is set to greenlight a study conducted by the University of Oxford to evaluate the necessity of a third vaccine shot for people vaccinated with Sinovac’s CoronaVac. According to the minister, the research “will also analyze the results of extra doses using all vaccines currently available in Brazil.”

Lucas Berti

Lucas Berti covers international affairs — specialized in Latin American politics and markets. He has been published by Opera Mundi, Revista VIP, and The Intercept Brasil, among others.

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