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15 February 2021

Brazil Gets USD 1 billion From BRICS Bank to Fight Coronavirus
A development bank run by the BRICS group of major developing nations has disbursed $1 billion to help fund the Brazilian government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
08 February 2021

Brazil Wants to Buy 20 Million More Doses of China´s Covid-19 Vaccine
Brazil is in talks to buy an additional 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, the governor of Sao Paulo said.
21 January 2021

Brazil and China in Contacts Over Shipment of Covid-19 Ingredients
Brazilian and Chinese authorities have intensified contacts to speed up the shipment of active ingredients to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America’s biggest economy.
18 November 2020

Clinical Trials Prove CoronaVac Safety in Brazil Trials
Results of the initial trials of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, ongoing in Brazil and other countries, have shown it to be safe and generate a good antibody response, according to The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
13 November 2020

Brazil to Buy Chinese Vaccine if Proven Effective, President Says
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday his country would buy Coronavac, the Chinese vaccine against Covid-19, but only if it proves effective.
11 November 2020

Trial of Chinese-Developed Covid-19 Vaccine in Brazil to Resume Soon
A "serious adverse event" that led Brazil's health authorities to halt clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine was not related to the vaccine trial itself, which is expected to resume soon, according to the director of Brazil's Butantan biomedical institute.
10 November 2020

Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine Due to Arrive in Brazil on November 20
Brazil will receive on November 20 the first 120,000 doses of Coronavac, Chinese covid-19 vaccine in the final testing phase, according to the governor of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, João Doria.
02 November 2020

Brazil Will “Of course” Buy Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine, Vice President Says
Brazil’s government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said, contradicting previous statements by President Jair Bolsonaro.
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