Brazil calls on countries to share spare vaccines


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 May 2021

FILE PHOTO Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro Brazil April 21 2021. REUTERSRicardo MoraesFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries should share spare vaccine doses with Brazil to help the global fight against COVID-19 and meet the battered country's goal of inoculating all citizens by year-end, Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Friday.

Speaking to a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing, Queiroga said Brazil had administered 41 million vaccine doses but needed more supplies to meet a daily target of 2.4 million.

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