Brazil to Purchase 20 Million Doses of Bharat Biotech Covaxin

The Health Ministry of Brazil yesterday signed a contract to purchase 20 million doses of the Covaxin vaccine made by India’s Bharat Biotech. The ministry said the first 8 million doses are expected to arrive in



March.

 

Meanwhile, Brazil reported 1,541 new COVID-19 deaths yesterday, taking total fatalities to 251,498. With 65,998 new cases, the South American country has now registered 10,390,461 cases.