Category: Brazil
Brazil suspends Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine trial due to adverse event
Brazil’s health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event, surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine. More...
Europe is main source of Sars-Cov-2. Travel restrictions in UK and Europe “too few” and “too late”
It is not China but Europe the area of the world identified as the main source of spread of Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. More...
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern China’s Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus, the local government said. More...
Brazilian COVID vaccine volunteer death – original report from Brazilian news
A Brazilian volunteer who participated in the clinical tests of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and the laboratory AstraZeneca died due to complications from Covid-19, last Thursday. More...
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority said that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine had died but the trial would continue
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca AZN.L More...
Astrazeneca vaccine volunteer dies in Brazil
A volunteer from the AstraZeneca / Oxford clinical trial in Brazil for the Covid-19 vaccine has died.
Sao Paulo, Brazil, governor says coronavirus vaccine will be mandatory
São Paulo Governor João Doria said on Friday, October 16th, that the #Covid19 vaccine will be mandatory throughout the state if approved by the National Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA). More...