Brazil signs agreement to produce Chinese coronavirus vaccine, trials to begin July

On June 11, Brazilian officials anunced an agreement with China's Sivac Biotech to mass-produce its coronavirus vaccine in state of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo goverr Joao Doria wrote in a tweet that Butantan Institute, Brazil's leing research center has reached a partnership with Sivac Biotech, and test trials would begin in July with 9,000 volunteers.  

With over 805,649 confirmed cases of vel coronavirus and 41,058 deaths, Brazil is world's second worst-hit country after United States. In Sao Paulo, State Goverr Joao Doria said in a press conference that studies show that vel coronavirus vaccine could be distributed by June 2021. Furr, he said,  agreement between China and Brazil would allow country to produce at large scale and immunize millions of Brazilians. Last month, Sivac anunced that it would produce at least a 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine while Sao Paulo State University Brazil said that over 2,000 Brazilian volunteers would be tested by Oxford from mid-June onwards, as per reports. 

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Politicization of disease never saves life

Speaking about collaboration with China, Doria said that politicization of disease has never saved a life, to contrary at a press conference. While, last month, President Jair Bolsora and his Cabinet criticized China of withholding information about  coronavirus from world while dressing nation on state television. Bolsonaro h also recommended that Brazilians must get back to work and restart ecomy, as opposed to China’s containment strategy of lockdown to stem transmission.  

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro h earlier downplayed severity of vel coronavirus which has impacted Latin American nation in worst way possible. As per media reports, President called virus a “little flu” and criticized media for sparking “sense of dre” and “hysteria” over pandemic. Furr, he also frequently targeted Brazilian authorities including goverrs and mayors for hering to social distancing rms recommended by World Health Organisation (WHO) and deunced self-quarantine. A few weeks ago, in video published on Twitter and YouTube, Jair Bolsonaro was seen embracing crowd of supporters as he posed for pictures inside bakery and out on street near presidential palace. 

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