Full article “Brazil is the international leader in the evaluation process for CoronaVac,” Anvisa said in a statement on its website. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a consistent critic of China, has repeatedly cast doubt on the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said China’s health authorities are not transparent in their authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use, a statement that may further inflame political tension in the country.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a consistent critic of China, has repeatedly cast doubt on the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
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Full article The three are the last remaining leaders of major world countries to have held back on congratulating Mr Biden
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, more than a month after the Nov 3 election.
Mr Putin said he hoped Russia and the US could set aside their differences to promote global security.
Mr Putin wished Mr Biden every success and said that, “for my part, I am ready for collaboration and contacts with you,” according to a Kremlin statement.
Mr Bolsonaro, quoting the final line of the US national anthem, said: “My congratulations to Joe Biden, with my best wishes and the hope that the United States continues to be the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave’.”
2020-12-16 02:05:44 GMT2020-12-16 10:05:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SAO PAULO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) Brazil on Tuesday reported 964 deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 182,799, according to the country s health ministry.
Meanwhile, 42,889 new infections were reported, bringing the total caseload to 6,970,034, the ministry said.
Also on Tuesday, the ministry announced the official launch of the national COVID-19 vaccination plan, a 94-page document delivered last week to the Federal Supreme Court.
The plan is to be presented Wednesday by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello.
Brazil has the world s second highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third largest number of cases, next to the United States and India. Enditem
EU will be asked to ratify Mercosur deal in New Year
At least nine EU countries want the trade deal with South America
Wildfires which burned 12% of the vast, ecologically rich Pantanal wetland this year in west Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay will further turn the public against the EU-Mercosur trade deal. The EU could be asked to ratify the deal within months. Picture: Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto via Getty
Tue, 15 Dec, 2020 - 20:29
Stephen Cadogan
Even as farmers await the Brexit outcome, they fear it could be followed in the first half of 2021 by a potentially even bigger trade shock, if the EU ratifies the Mercosur trade accord that would grant privileged access to South America’s largest trading bloc.