By Reuters Staff
An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazils Health Ministry on Thursday said 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine should arrive on Friday from India, confirming a Reuters report earlier in the day saying the Asian country would begin the shipments.
The announcement comes amid delays in receiving the vaccine from India, the latest in a series of miscues surrounding the countrys inoculations drive which have embarrassed the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.read more
Brazil says will receive two million AstraZeneca doses by Friday from India – Reuters India
