Bolsonaro Talked Vaccines Down. Now Brazil Has Too Few Doses.
The country is paying a price for its leader’s slow pursuit of coronavirus vaccines early on. That lapse may hinder Brazil’s ability to fight worrisome variants as cases surge.
Nurses, doctors and other health workers receiving Sinovac’s vaccine in São Paulo on Monday.Credit.Victor Moriyama for The New York Times
By Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and Letícia Casado
Published Jan. 18, 2021Updated April 1, 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil on Monday kicked off its nationwide coronavirus vaccination campaign, providing a glimmer of hope in a nation where political infighting, a strained health care system and lax precautions have given the virus free rein.