From the beginning of the pandemic, the race for a coronavirus vaccine has served as backdrop to the 2022 election — with President Jair Bolsonaro and São Paulo Governor João Doria fighting for prominence on Brazil’s right wing.
In the latest round of their feud, the president and the governor of Brazil’s richest state are engaged in a new race: to see who’ll be able to deliver the first Brazilian-made coronavirus vaccine. For all intents and purposes, such a race can only be beneficial for the Brazilian population, which has been battered by the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
On April 6, Brazil’s Health Ministry reported yet another grim pandemic milestone in the country, with 4,195 new coronavirus-related deaths in just 24 hours. Brazil’s total death toll now sits at close to 337,000.
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