Jair Bolsonaro undercuts the Chinese COVID vaccine Brazil is betting on


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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blasted a Chinese coronavirus vaccine being tested in the country just a day after his health minister said it would be distributed nationwide. Eduardo Pazuello, the third official leading the health ministry since the pandemic began, had announced a deal to purchase the Coronavac vaccine that’s being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd . in partnership with Sao Paulo’s Butantan Institute -- under the watch of Governor Joao Doria, one of Bolsonaro’s main political enemies. The agreement prompted a flurry of negative comments from Bolsonaro’s more ideological supporters who oppose the purchase of a vaccine from...