Brazil begins COVID inoculations of two vaccines including China s CoronaVac By SERGIO HELD in Cajica, Colombia | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-19 16:48 Nurse Monica Calazans, 54, receives a dose of the Sinovac s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Jessica Pires de Camargo, 30, after Brazil health regulator Anvisa approved its emergency use at Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan 17, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Brazilian nurse Monica Calazans has become Brazil s first person to receive China-related vaccine. Now in her 50s, she got the jab on Jan 17 despite a series of underlying conditions, including diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
The COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, developed by China s Sinovac Biotech, won emergency approval on Jan 17 from regulators in Brazil as the country geared up for a mass immunization program amid a second wave of the pandemic.
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National Guard troops receive guns and ammunition outside the U.S. Capitol building this week, where pro-Trump extremists attacked earlier this month.(Erin Scott/Reuters)
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Brazil is battling bureaucracy in China to free up exports of active ingredients for vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech, three people familiar with talks told Reuters, without which an immunization push could soon slow to a trickle. More Brazilian states gave their first COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, as the government distributed some 6 million ready doses of the vaccine from China's Sinovac after its approval for emergency use on Sunday. However the sources, who spoke anonymously due to diplomatic sensitivities, said red tape in China was holding back supplies needed for Brazil to finish and distribute millions more doses from its own biomedical facilities.