Vaccine is the only way to defeat Corona and therefore all countries are emphasizing on vaccination very fast, but in the meantime Brazil has banned China’s Sinovac Covid Vaccine Actually Brazil’s Health Regulator says that this decision has been taken due to the fear of contamination of the vials. The use of more than 1.21 crore doses of the vaccine has been temporarily suspended.
The Brazilian government has banned the distribution of millions of doses of the China-made Sinovac vaccine of Corona because these vaccines were supplied from a factory that is not approved by the regulator. The matter is being investigated. The Butantan Institute, a biomedical center in So Paulo, which has partnered with Sinovac to produce the vaccine for local use, informed Anvisa of the irregularity.
The Butan Institute, a So Paulo-based biomedical center that has partnered with Sinovac to produce the vaccine for local use, informed Anvisa about the irregularity. The manufacturing unit responsible for the filling was not inspected and not approved by Anvisa, hence a potential risk has been put on hold.
Anvisa said it has put on hold plans to distribute an additional 9 million doses of Sinovac, because they too were filled at a location that was not inspected by health officials. The regulator said the suspension is precautionary, not punitive.
Brazil has canceled some deals with vaccine providers in recent weeks, including 10 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and 20 million doses from India’s Bharat Biotech, for timely delivery of second shots to the wider public. This was done in view of the public concerns about .
With more than 20 million infections and 580,000 deaths, Brazil has been the second most affected country by the pandemic after the US. Brazil has fully vaccinated 6.56 lakh people. Some cities in the country are also providing booster shots of the Covid vaccine, although most people are yet to receive their second dose.