Russia Protests After Brazil Rejects Use of Sputnik V Vaccine Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Andrew Rosati and Jake Rudnitsky
(Bloomberg) Russia protested a decision by Brazilian health regulators to block imports of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, citing a “lack of consistent and reliable data” on the shot’s safety, quality and efficacy.
The five-member board of the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, or Anvisa, said in a Tuesday statement that it had identified product-development flaws in all three phases of the drug’s clinical trials. The notoriously strict regulatory body stressed that it was unable to identify the source of the vaccine’s pharmaceutical materials, adding that it wasn’t given full access to facilities during a recent inspection visit to Russia.
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Venezuela Politicizes Vaccine Access Via State Loyalty Card Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Nicolle Yapur and Alex Vasquez
(Bloomberg) Venezuela is restricting Covid-19 shots to people with a state loyalty card, effectively excluding many government opponents from getting vaccinated.
When the country began inoculating its elderly population last week, it said it was selecting recipients from a registry used by the Nicolas Maduro administration to keep tabs on voter loyalty and grant state subsidies.
While all Venezuelans have a national ID card, they haven’t all registered for the state loyalty card known as the Carnet de la Patria, which is disproportionately held by people who depend on state aid and who are more likely to be loyal to the Maduro government.