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Brazil reaches deal for 10 million shots of Russian vaccine
MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press
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An elderly man looks at the syringe before getting a jab of the Sinovac vaccine at a drive-thru site in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 11, 2021.Eraldo Peres/AP
SAO PAULO (AP) Brazil’s federal government said Friday it has reached a deal to purchase 10 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, though the shot is yet to be approved by the South American nation’s health agency.
The Brazilian Health Ministry said on Twitter that the jabs will be imported by União Química, a company that has lobbied the government to purchase the vaccines, though its own experience is based on other medical products.
The Brazilian Health Ministry on Friday signed a contract to buy 10 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to be delivered during the second quarter.
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SAO PAULO - Brazil’s federal government said Friday it has reached a deal to purchase 10 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, though the shot is yet to be approved by the South American nation’s health agency.