Brazil to begin vaccination campaign on Monday afternoon
18 Jan 2021 / 19:11 H.
SAO PAULO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the federal government will distribute all vaccine doses it has available to the country's states on Monday afternoon.
Vaccination by the states can start at 5 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Monday, Pazuello said in a statement. The states asked the government to bring forward the roll-out of the only vaccine available, CoronaVac made by China's Sinovac Biotech and imported by Sao Paulo biomedical center Butantan. (Reporting by Eduardo Simoes, writing by Sabrina Valle; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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