Brazil only managed to secure 2.5% of its target for syringes and needles for its vaccination programme. Brazil has yet to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and announce a date for a vaccination programme. Brazil has not yet approved a vaccine and there is no clear date to begin a vaccination programme. The Health Ministry set the number of syringes and needles to be provided and an estimated price for the auction. Given that Sao Paulo, the richest state, has already bought 50 million syringes and plans to buy another 50 million, the entire country would need some 320 million syringes which would cost at most 120 million reais ($230 million), Fraccaro said.

Source: News 24 December 31, 2020 07:52 UTC