Brazilian President Cancels Health Minister's Plan to Buy Chinese Vaccine Against Coronavirus

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he has canceled a deal to buy a Chinese-developed vaccine against the coronavirus, a day after his health minister announced Brazil would purchase millions of doses of CoronaVac. Bolsonaro said Wednesday that the intentions of Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria, one of his leading opponents, were distorted, saying he already canceled the deal before Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello signed it. Pazuello said in a statement that there was ࢀœno commitmentࢀ to buy the vaccine, only a “non-binding memorandum of understanding between the health ministry and the Butantan Instituteࢀ to test and produce the vaccine. Bolsonaro,…