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BRASILIA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday urged
producers of COVID-19 vaccines to speed up their applications
for use in the country, as a senior Health Ministry official
vowed to improve dialogue with Pfizer after it
complained of an onerous emergency use application.
President Jair Bolsonaro is under growing pressure to
explain why Brazil has not begun vaccinating its population
against the coronavirus. In a news conference, Deputy Health
Minister Elcio Franco said the government could only sign
vaccine purchase agreements once producers have emergency use
authorizations or full authorizations.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Editing by Leslie Adler)
