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Brazil begins vaccination rollouts

After 8.5 million Covid-19 infections and nearly 210,000 deaths, Brazil managed to administer its first doses of coronavirus vaccines. On Sunday, federal regulatory agency Anvisa approved two vaccines for emergency use: one by AstraZeneca and the other by China’s Sinovac. Moments later, Governor João Doria of São Paulo held a ceremony and vaccinated people from at-risk groups.

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