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Delay in Doses From India Raises Doubts on Start of Vaccination in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One day after advising Mayors that the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 would begin next Wednesday, January 20th, the Ministry of Health finds itself questioned as to its ability to fulfill the pledge.

Indian government officials have been reporting to the press that Brazil "jumped the gun" by preparing a logistics operation to collect two million doses of the immunizer developed by Oxford University in partnership with AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company.

Asked about the issue during a weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said it was too early to discuss vaccine exports, as India's . . .

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