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FILE PHOTO: Brazil s Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga poses for a photo with the mascot Ze Gotinha, symbol of Brazilian vaccination campaigns after a press conference on the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga asked representatives of pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc if they can speed up delivery of 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to a statement from the ministry on Monday.
The Brazilian government previously ordered 100 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine.
COVID-19 has killed more than 312,000 people in Brazil and more than 12.5 million have been diagnosed with the respiratory disease, according to health ministry data. Only the United States has reported more deaths and cases.
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