Chinese vaccine draws demand across Latin America, say Brazilian officials

[onebyone]

Brazil's Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria and director of Instituto Butantan Dimas Tadeu Covas hold a box of the China's CoronaVac vaccine near a refrigerated container with vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as it arrives at Sao Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos, Brazil Nov 19, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

SAO PAULO - Doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech are rolling off a Brazilian production line.

Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria said at a news conference on Thursday that the state's biomedical center, the Butantan Institute, aims to fill and finish 1 million doses per day on its production line for a vaccination campaign to start Jan 25.

Doria said 11 Brazilian states have contacted Butantan seeking the doses of the vaccine, called CoronaVac.

At the same news conference, Butantan head Dimas Covas said several countries in the region, including Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Honduras are interested in buying the CoronaVac vaccine from Brazil. Butantan is in advanced talks with Argentina to the supply vaccine, he said.

Dimas said CoronaVac doses would cost $10.30 to Brazilian states and cities outside of Sao Paulo.

Butantan has begun to build a facility where it plans to produce the vaccine from scratch as of September 2021 instead of receiving it in bulk from China to fill and label vials.

Brazil has the world's second-deadliest outbreak of the novel coronavirus after the United States, with more than 178,000 deaths. The continent-sized country, with a population of 212 million, has registered 6.7 million confirmed cases.

On Thursday, health regulator Anvisa set out rules for companies to apply for emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines, an option that had not previously existed.

Chinese vaccine draws demand across Latin America, say Brazilian officials

Doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech are rolling off a Brazilian production line.

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[dbc]

of course it is the cheapest and apparently effective solution for poorer countries. I was speaking with a friend in Uruguay today and she thinks it will be three years before her country is vaccinated.
Its a sad reality for poor nations and if China can help then yes it will go a long way in enhancing its soft power around the world.

But if China isn't able to produce massive quantities with exceptional quality control it can back fire.

Fingers crossed for the less fortunate.

 

[Journeyman]

They still need 2.8 billion doses to vaccinate their own population first. This is a "white mouse" project to test the vaccines on other population. In the U.S, the authorities are trying to get 330 million American get vaccinated first before anything else.

 

[dbc]

They still need 2.8 billion doses to vaccinate their own population first. This is a "white mouse" project to test the vaccines on other population. In the U.S, the authorities are trying to get 330 million American get vaccinated first before anything else.

2.8 billion for Brazil? No way that is too high!

 

[Journeyman]

2.8 billion for Brazil? No way that is too high!

For china

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

They still need 2.8 billion doses to vaccinate their own population first. This is a "white mouse" project to test the vaccines on other population. In the U.S, the authorities are trying to get 330 million American get vaccinated first before anything else.

China is exporting the majority of its vaccine production and licensing the vaccine for other countries to produce. Vietnam will be getting nothing.

 

[onebyone]

China is exporting the majority of its vaccine production and licensing the vaccine for other countries to produce. Vietnam will be getting nothing.

Good New

 

[Journeyman]

China is exporting the majority of its vaccine production and licensing the vaccine for other countries to produce. Vietnam will be getting nothing.

No thank you. Keep your vaccine. We don't want it.

 

[flowerfan2020]

No thank you. Keep your vaccine. We don't want it.

You won't get any even you want it. So you just come in for trolling?

 

[Journeyman]

You won't get any even you want it. So you just come in for trolling?

We don't even want it to begin with.

 

[flowerfan2020]

We don't even want it to begin with.

No one ask you to buy. You are not on our list, good luck poor Vietnamese.

 

[Beast]

of course it is the cheapest and apparently effective solution for poorer countries. I was speaking with a friend in Uruguay today and she thinks it will be three years before her country is vaccinated.
Its a sad reality for poor nations and if China can help then yes it will go a long way in enhancing its soft power around the world.

But if China isn't able to produce massive quantities with exceptional quality control it can back fire.

Fingers crossed for the less fortunate.

Quality? Like US so called high tech product of B737 Max which is a flying coffin with loose screw and parts dropped off quality?

I rather fly a Chinese made plane than a US flying coffin. Made in China is far safer.

No thank you. Keep your vaccine. We don't want it.

I am surprised you didnt get beat up by white supremacy in US.

Your vietnamese are nothing in white supremacy USA.

 

[dbc]

Quality? Like US so called high tech product of B737 Max which is a flying coffin with loose screw and parts dropped off quality?

I rather fly a Chinese made plane than a US flying coffin. Made in China is far safer.

I am surprised you didnt get beat up by white supremacy in US.

Your vietnamese are nothing in white supremacy USA.

were you born a troll or were you made in a factory? If you have two brain cells to rub together you will know that an inactivated vaccine is grown from a live culture - with associated risks when production Is scaled to millions of doses per day. It has nothing to do with China.

 

[Beast]

were you born a troll or were you made in a factory? If you have two brain cells to rub together you will know that an inactivated vaccine is grown from a live culture - with associated risks when production Is scaled to millions of doses per day. It has nothing to do with China.

The troll shall be for you. Inactivated vaccine method has used for decades and a proven method. Now just becos China covid-19 vaccine is an inactivated one and suddenly it become question by some? Before that why no such big noise against such method vaccine? Or previous user of such vaccine are all considered idiots by your standard?

But most likely due to political bias than real practical concern by some sourgraped.

Finally, did my accusation of B737 Max as flying coffin is false? It didnt kill anybody and nothing to do with drop in standard. Hope it can make u sleep better with your delusion.

 

[flowerfan2020]

were you born a troll or were you made in a factory? If you have two brain cells to rub together you will know that an inactivated vaccine is grown from a live culture - with associated risks when production Is scaled to millions of doses per day. It has nothing to do with China.

were you born a troll or were you made in a factory? If you have two brain cells to rub together you will know that an inactivated vaccine is grown from a live culture - with associated risks when production Is scaled to millions of doses per day. It has nothing to do with China.

Troll get back with troll simple fact. troll.