BRASILIA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Ministry on
Friday requested immediate delivery of 6 million doses of the
COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, saying it
needed them for its planned launch of immunizations next week.
The vaccines are to be delivered by São Paulo's Butantan
biomedical center, which is partnering with Sinovac. Health
regulator Anvisa is set to decide on authorizing emergency use
of Sinovac's Coronavac as well as a vaccine developed by Oxford
University and AstraZeneca on Sunday.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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