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The issues holding up vaccine supply exports from China to Brazil are due to technical, rather than political obstacles, China's ambassador said on Tuesday, as delays to Brazil's vaccine rollout began to grow.
3 Min Read SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The issues holding up vaccine supply exports from China to Brazil are due to technical, rather than political obstacles, China’s ambassador said on Tuesday, as delays to Brazil’s vaccine rollout began to grow. FILE PHOTO: China's ambassador to Brazil Yang Wanming attends the seminar "Agriculture and Biotechnology - Brazil and China" in Brasilia, Brazil April 25, 2019.REUTERS/Adriano Machado Some have speculated that China, which for years has been the butt of attacks by Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, may have stalled approving the exports ...
5 Min Read MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he “should be at the beach.” A truck is loaded with oxygen to fill the local hospitals, after it arrived on a Brazilian Air Force airplane in Manaus airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brazil January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Doctors in Amazonas were using their own vehicles to transport patients...
UPDATE 5-Brazil airlifts emergency oxygen into pandemic-struck state, vaccine drive lags Reuters 1/15/2021 (Adds pot-banging protest against Bolsonaro) By Bruno Kelly and Ricardo Brito MANAUS/BRASILIA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he "should be at the beach." Doctors in Amazonas were using their own vehicles to transport patients, as locals sought to buy oxygen tanks on the bl...
5 Min Read MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he “should be at the beach.” A truck is loaded with oxygen to fill the local hospitals, after it arrived on a Brazilian Air Force airplane in Manaus airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brazil January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Doctors in Amazonas were using their own vehicles to transport patients...