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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With virtually all states executing their vaccination plan, Brazil reached 700,000 people immunized on Monday, January 25th. A total of 733,493 people have been vaccinated. São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states have distributed and administered the most doses to date, followed by the states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná.
The two states with the highest number of deaths by Covid-19 exceeded 100,000 people vaccinated by 6 PM on Monday. São Paulo, the first to begin immunization with Nurse Monica Calazans, on Sunday, January 17th, has already . . .
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Brazil begins COVID inoculations of two vaccines including China s CoronaVac By SERGIO HELD in Cajica, Colombia | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-19 16:48 Nurse Monica Calazans, 54, receives a dose of the Sinovac s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Jessica Pires de Camargo, 30, after Brazil health regulator Anvisa approved its emergency use at Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan 17, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Brazilian nurse Monica Calazans has become Brazil s first person to receive China-related vaccine. Now in her 50s, she got the jab on Jan 17 despite a series of underlying conditions, including diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
The COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, developed by China s Sinovac Biotech, won emergency approval on Jan 17 from regulators in Brazil as the country geared up for a mass immunization program amid a second wave of the pandemic.
Brazil's vaccination program has begun after emergency approval was granted for the vaccines produced by Sinovac and AstraZeneca. Australia says it may not fully reopen its borders this year. Follow DW for the latest.
China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd defended the efficacy of its Covid-19 shot, saying the vaccine that’s being rolled out from Indonesia to Brazil despite inconsistent data readouts is more effective in preventing the disease if the two-dose regime is administered over a longer time frame.