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Also in Brazil, the country’s health ministry has approved use of Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s Covid vaccine, Coronavac, for children ages 6 to 17.
In a news conference announcing the addition of Coronavac to the national vaccination plan, deputy health minister Rodrigo Cruz said the ministry has six million doses of the vaccine available, with states and cities having their own stocks.
The Chinese vaccine was tested in Brazil at Sao Paulo’s Butantan Institute, a leading biomedical centre tied to the state government. Coronavac received authorisation for emergency use in adults in January last year and was the first vaccine to be used in Brazil. Later, however, it was superseded by other jabs and is no longer being used in adults.
Brazil has already authorised the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children between five and 11 years old.
