BRAZIL - Suicide halts Brazil trial of Chinese vaccine attacked by Bolsonaro

Title:

Suicide halts Brazil trial of Chinese vaccine attacked by Bolsonaro

 

Authors:

Eduardo Simões & Roxanne Liu

 

Published:

Reuters, 10 November 2020

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-suspends-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-trial-due-to-adverse-event-idUSKBN27Q04C

 

From the article:

Brazil’s health regulator suspended a clinical trial of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event, delighting President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly criticized the vaccine’s credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government.