China supplies 95% of Brazil’s vaccines, says ambassador after Guedes’ speech

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Albeit not mentioning the economy minister, Yang Wanming spoke of China’s importance for vaccination in Brazil.

China’s ambassador to Brazil, Yang Wanming, used social networks to talk about the importance of the country in vaccination in Brazil, after Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes accused China of having “invented the coronavirus” and then apologized.

“So far China is the main supplier of vaccines and raw materials to Brazil, which account for 95% of the total received by Brazil and are enough to cover 60% of priority groups in the emergency phase. The Coronavac represents 84% of vaccines administered in Brazil,” he wrote on Twitter, without directly mentioning the minister.

According to CNN International analyst Lourival Sant’Anna, Guedes is right when he says that the American vaccines are more effective than the Chinese, but he is a minister, not an analyst to talk about it and quote a country. Saying that China “invented” the virus was something offensive that the Chinese don’t want to hear.

“I used an unfortunate term. We are very grateful to China for sending us the vaccine,” Guedes justified in a speech, saying he wanted to emphasize the importance of the private sector in the economy, referring to the Pfizer vaccine developed in the United States.

Source: CNN Brasil

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