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Brazil Health Ministry seeks immediate delivery of 6 million Sinovac COVID-19 doses

FILE PHOTO: An employee inspects vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac Biotech's vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Butantan biomedical center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo

Brazil's Health Ministry on Friday requested immediate delivery of 6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, saying it needed them for its planned launch of immunizations next week.

The vaccines are to be delivered by São Paulo's Butantan biomedical center, which is partnering with Sinovac. Health regulator Anvisa is set to decide on authorizing emergency use of Sinovac's Coronavac as well as a vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Sunday.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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