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Brazil seeks closer ties with India in science, health, space – Science Minister Pontes

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s science and technology minister Marcos Pontes said his country would like to procure additional Covid-19 vaccines from strategic partner India and is keen to form a joint working group of scientists with it to address health challenges, including future pandemics.

“Like India, we are a big country and have a relatively big population. We want to vaccinate the entire population and would like to procure additional vaccines from India,” Pontes told Economic Times in an exclusive interview at the beginning of his weeklong India visit.

Pontes, who is the among first few ministers . . .

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