A woman wearing a protective mask in Brazil, the coronavirus pandemic’s second worst-hit country after the US. Photo: Reuters
A woman wearing a protective mask in Brazil, the coronavirus pandemic’s second worst-hit country after the US. Photo: Reuters

China-made coronavirus vaccine at heart of political showdown in Brazil

  • Ongoing clash between President Jair Bolsonaro and the mayor of Sao Paulo over the Sinovac vaccine threatens immunisation roll-out
  • Disagreements over which vaccines to provide the Brazilian population have been brewing since October

A woman wearing a protective mask in Brazil, the coronavirus pandemic’s second worst-hit country after the US. Photo: Reuters
A woman wearing a protective mask in Brazil, the coronavirus pandemic’s second worst-hit country after the US. Photo: Reuters
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