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A health worker shows a Covishield vaccine dose as it arrived from the Serum Institute of India, Pune, to Amritsar.
With India all set to launch the world s largest COVID-19 vaccination program on Saturday, Brazil is planning to send a special flight to Mumbai to lift at least two million doses of the vaccine. According to a report in The Indian Express, a specially equipped aircraft from Brazil is expected to land in Mumbai over to weekend.Â
The flight is equipped with a special temperature-control system. The IE report claimed that Indian and Brazilian authorities are working to ensure necessary clearances. It said that the aircraft from Brazil was originally scheduled to land in Mumbai on Friday, but it is likely to be delayed by a day.
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Brazil to start vaccinating on Jan 20, as UK bars travellers over new COVID-19 virus variant
Employees inspect vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac Biotech s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Butantan biomedical production center in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
15 Jan 2021 02:54AM (Updated:
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil aims to begin nationwide COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan 20, the head of the national mayor s association said on Thursday (Jan 14), as Britain banned arrivals from the country over fears of a new homegrown coronavirus variant.
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MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Hospitals in Brazil’s northern state of Amazonas ran short of oxygen and made an urgent call for help from the United States on Thursday, as Britain slapped a ban on new arrivals from Brazil over fears of a new homegrown coronavirus variant.
Researchers said the new variant could be contributing to the sharp rise in cases in Amazonas state, although they were conducting more studies to ascertain if it is more contagious than earlier versions of the coronavirus.
Amazonas, where nearly 6,000 people have died from COVID-19, is now suffering a devastating second wave that is pushing emergency services to a breaking point.
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Brazil is to start its coronavirus vaccine programme next Thursday, Senator Nelsinho Trad said, the most concrete forecast yet for Brazil's widely criticized vaccine rollout.