Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsBrazil to halt Sinovac vaccine production as Chinese supplies held up
Eduardo SimõesJake Spring
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Brazil will run out of raw materials to produce Sinovac Biotech Ltd s (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccine by Friday, as a supply shipment has been held up in Chinese export clearance, authorities in the state of Sao Paulo said on Wednesday.
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria blamed the delay - the second China export clearance to hit production this year - on diplomatic ill-will and said the federal government should apologize to Beijing for its harsh criticism of China. read more
Beijing-based Sinovac sends the vaccine s active ingredient to Brazil for the Butantan biomedical center, which is backed by the Sao Paulo state government, to fill and finish in vaccine vials.
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A Covid-19 positive patient is transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 17, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 ― Brazil s hospitals were running out of drugs needed to sedate Covid-19 patients yesterday, with the government urgently seeking to import supplies amid reports of the seriously ill being tied down and intubated without effective sedatives.
Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said Brazil was in talks with Spain and other countries to secure the emergency drugs. Hospitals, he added, were also struggling to get enough oxygen.
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Rio de Janeiro: Brazilâs hospitals are running out of drugs needed to sedate COVID-19 patients, with the government urgently seeking to import supplies amid reports of the seriously ill being tied down and intubated without effective sedatives.
Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said his country was in talks with Spain and others to secure the emergency drugs. Hospitals, he added, were also struggling to get enough oxygen.
The scenes playing out across Brazil, one of the nations hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, are placing growing international pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro.
A patient infected with COVID-19 at the Ronaldo Gazolla hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hospitals are running out of the sedatives needed to facilitate intubation.