Good morning! Today, BRICS nations lay down plans to pool vaccination efforts in future pandemics. The positives and negatives of Brazil’s latest GDP announcement. Low rainfall could lead to a massive fire season in Brazil’s Amazon.
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The Federal Police launched an operation this morning to investigate the misplacement of federal funds earmarked for pandemic efforts in the state of Amazonas. Governor Wilson Lima is among the targets.
BRICS band together for vaccines
Foreign Ministers of BRICS nations held a virtual meeting on Tuesday in which they decided to make the BRICS Vaccine Research and Development Center operational. The initiative — which was approved by member countries back in 2018, but never came to fruition — will establish a vaccine cooperation network between research institutes and universities that could lead to quicker responses to future outbreaks.
- The proposal will be explored further by BRICS countries’ Health Ministers in July.
Why it matters. BRICS nations such as Brazil, India, and South Africa were home to brutal pandemic scenes and gave rise to new coronavirus variants. Being better-prepared for potential future pandemics could be a game-changer.
- The race for a Covid-19 immunizer saw developed nations hoarding vaccines to the detriment of...