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Minister fires official who allegedly asked for kickback to purchase 400 million vaccine doses

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Health's logistics director had demanded US$1 in return for each vaccine dose purchased by the country.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health's logistics director Roberto Ferreira Dias was dismissed from his position on Wednesday, amid growing allegations of irregularities in the purchase of vaccines against the coronavirus.

The decision, signed by Minister of the Presidency Luiz Eduardo Ramos and anticipated by the Ministry of Health was published in the Federal Gazette, although the reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed.

The dismissal comes a few days after Dias was implicated . . .

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