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As many as twelve COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and are currently being used worldwide, but while immunisation campaigns are gaining pace in richer parts of the world, many LMICs are struggling to get their vaccination programmes off the ground.
Their comparatively lesser ability to pay and lack of manufacturing capacity, are the explanations typically given for such delays, together with the hiccups experienced by Covax – the international facility set up to procure and distribute vaccines in poorer parts of the world.
But Brazil should be different, as the country has a National Healthcare System free at the point of use, a long-standing record of successful large-scale immunisation campaigns, domestic production of vaccines, and a reputation for threatening to break pharmaceutical patents for past public health emergencies. However, global and local factors are holding back its COVID-19 vaccination effort
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As much of the world sees COVID-19 cases falling or leveling off, Brazil s outbreak is only getting worse.
Hospitals are reaching maximum capacity, deaths are at a record high and a more contagious variant is likely reinfecting people who already caught the virus. The level of desperation in Brazil is growing to unseen levels, said Gustavo Ribeiro, editor in chief of the Brazilian Report.
Meanwhile, Brazil s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the severity of the virus and the efficiency of masks while attacking governors who impose restrictions. I think he s celebrating the spread of the virus. The more confusion there is, the better for him, said Heloisa Pait, a professor of sociology at São Paulo State University.