Coronavirus Update: Brazil Opens Up Vaccine Imports
Plus, Serum To Make Sputnik V
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Brazil is permitting imports of additional coronavirus vaccines, while in India, Serum Institute will manufacture Sputnik V, the government is unifying vaccine sourcing, and emergency use approval has been granted to Lilly's anti-COVID-19 antibodies.
Brazil OKs Imports Of Further Vaccines • Source: Alamy
After rejecting imports of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin towards the end of March, the Brazilian regulator National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (Anvisa) has now green-lighted the move for the vaccine’s distribution and use under controlled conditions.
Permission to import was denied earlier after authorities found that the Indian plant in which Covaxin was being made did...
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