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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro speeds up coronavirus vaccine plan as his popularity takes a hit
Brazil accelerated plans to start vaccinating against the coronavirus after an early start by the state of Sao Paulo added pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to move faster and stem an incipient loss of popularity.The government distributed on Monday 6 million doses of a shot produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech in partnership with Sao Paulo’s Butantan Institute to all of its 27 states and gave the green light for immunisations to begin this afternoon, according to an official statement.Less…