(Bloomberg) Latin America and the Caribbean, the region where the coronavirus outbreak caused the worst economic destruction and more than a quarter of the world’s deaths, is now falling victim to a slow inoculation campaign.Political fights and production bottlenecks are stymieing Brazil’s vaccination efforts. Mexico is struggling to source doses as its death toll surpasses India’s. Colombia only began administering shots last week.Such sluggishness alongside a recent spike in infections risks hampering an already slow-going economic recovery.“If vaccination and public health policy don’t succeed at reversing the trend that we’ve seen in recent months, clearly this recovery is at risk,” Alejandro Werner, the International Monetary Fund’s western hemisphere director, said earlier this month.Latin America’s economic rebound was already wobbling after a new round of lockdown measures in response to the surge in cases that b
Brazil Official Who Proposed Bill Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Dies of Coronavirus
On 3/15/21 at 9:42 AM EDT
A Brazilian official who pushed for legislation to prevent the mandatory vaccination of people in his state against COVID-19 has died of the disease.
Silvio Antonio Favero, 54, a regional deputy for the Social Liberal Party in Mato Grosso do Sul, died of the disease on Saturday afternoon. In February Favero proposed a bill before the state legislature to prevent the mandatory vaccination against COVID-19.
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Favero, like Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, doubted the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
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