Brazil develops test to identify Covid-19 variants
Brazil develops test to identify Covid-19 variants
Brasilia, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, has developed an RT-PCR test that allows the rapid detection of Covid-19 variants. Felipe Naveca, FIOCRUZ Amazonia Research and Innovation deputy director, said such a test will allow the Covid-19 variants to be swifter identified and strengthen the genetic surveillance of the virus.
Naveca explained that it is possible to do hundreds of tests daily, because the real-time PCR protocol is much easier and more direct than following the sequence, so we are able to do hundreds of tests per day.
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Pfizer Demands Governments Gamble With State Assets To Secure Vaccine Deal 24/02/2021
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Tokyo Medical Centre, February 17, 2021. Photo: Behrouz Mehri/Pool via Reuters/File Photo.
Pfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in COVID-19 vaccine negotiations and has asked some countries to put up sovereign assets, such as embassy buildings and military bases, as a guarantee against the cost of any future legal cases, the
Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal.
In the case of one country, demands made by the pharmaceutical giant led to a three-month delay in a vaccine deal being agreed. For Argentina and Brazil, no national deals were agreed at all. Any hold-up in countries receiving vaccines means more people contracting COVID-19 and potentially dying.