Brazil begins immunizing entire town in Covid-19 study
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17/02/2021 - 21:00 3 min
Serrana (Brasil) (AFP)
The Brazilian town of Serrana on Wednesday began immunizing its entire adult population, the first such clinical mass vaccination trial in one of the worst affected countries in the world from the coronavirus pandemic.
The ambitious campaign to vaccinate 30,000 of the town s 50,000 population will allow authorities to analyze the impact of immunization on the pandemic, a second wave of which has swept over the country of 212 million.
With the exception of pregnant and breastfeeding women, and those who are ill, every adult in the city some 300 kilometers (190 miles) from Sao Paulo will receive two doses of the CoronaVac jab within a two month period.
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