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Brazil’s Prosecutor’s Office calls for criminal investigation into government purchase of Indian vaccine

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) decided to forward to the criminal area part of an investigation surrounding the purchase of the Indian Covaxin vaccine by the Jair Bolsonaro government.

Federal District Prosecutor Luciana Loureiro Oliveira saw evidence of crime in the contracting and pointed to "interests divergent from the public interest." The price paid for the product, US$15 per dose, was 1,000% higher than estimated by . . .

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