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Brazil's Maia says China is working to speed up exports of vaccine supplies

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Brazil's lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said China's ambassador Yang Wanming is working with his government to speed up the shipment of active ingredients to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America's biggest economy, and denied any political obstacles to the effort, he said on Wednesday, after a conversation with the Chinese official.

Maia also said their talks included Brazil's long-awaited 5G auction, adding the ambassador reinforced that it is important that China participates in it.

(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello, in Brasilia)

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