Despite Bolsonaro Objection, China in Running to Provide Vaccine to Brazil

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1/8/2021Updated: 1/10/2021

NEW DELHI—Competing Brazilian politicians have ended up inviting both China’s Sinovac and India’s Serum Institute for COVID-19 vaccines amid delays in the production of Brazil’s own vaccine.

Meanwhile, the country’s private clinics have turned to another Indian vaccine producer, Bharat Biotech, for 5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine called Covaxin.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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