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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Health minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday alongside Sao Paulo's Gov. Jou00e3o Doria, a foe of Bolsonaro's whose state government is participating in the vaccine's development. The cost of the acquisition was estimated at 2 billion Brazilian reals ($360 million). "The Brazilian people will not be anyone's guinea pig," Bolsonaro said on his social media channels, adding that the shot made by...
