Covid-19: Brazil to have at least 90 million vaccine doses by April

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL –  According to the main vaccine developing laboratories in Brazil, the country will have at least 90 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available by April.

According to the count, 46 million doses of the CoronaVac – developed by Sinovac Life Science in partnership with the Butantan Institute – should be delivered to the Ministry of Health over these first four months of the year.

Starting in March, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) will also be actively involved in the National Immunization Program. The first delivery is expected to take place in March, with 15 million doses. Another 27 million should be supplied the following month.

In addition to this amount, 2 million ready doses will be bought from India’s Serum Institute and delivered to Brazil on February 22nd.

This 90 million count may be considered a conservative estimate, because there are other extra doses expected to reach the country over these months. The first batch refers to the Covax Facility consortium, linked to the World Health Organization, from which 10.6 million vaccine doses are expected between February and June.

Negotiations are also underway for the purchase of another 10 million ready doses from the Serum Institute, through AstraZeneca. These doses are also expected to be delivered in the first months of the year.

Vaccination numbers in states and Brazil updated on Tuesday, February 9th, at 6 PM:

State / Available doses / People vaccinated /% of population vaccinated
Acre 52,660 12,076 1.4
Alagoas 150,060 72,457 2,2
Amapá 52,000 15,968 1.9
Amazonas 511,020 174,990 4.2
Bahia 682,300 358,775 2.4
Ceará 416,700 204,945 2.2
Federal District 185,060 106,990 3.5
Espírito Santo 191,220 91,333 2.3
Goiás 326,380 152,619 2.2
Maranhão 284.140 95.507 1,3
Mato Grosso 180,760 68,450 2.0
Mato Grosso do Sul 212,760 78,772 2.8
Minas Gerais 1.083.780 358.775 1,7
Pará 286,640 107,212 1.2
Paraíba 207,080 81,414 2.0
Paraná 499,300 225,044 2.0
Pernambuco 473,160 205,164 2.1
Piauí 121,800 53,389 1.6
Rio de Janeiro 955,520 336,508 1.9
Rio Grande do Norte 160,740 73,148 2.1
Rio Grande do Sul 651,000 267,691 2.4
Rondônia 99,000 31,193 1.8
Roraima 95,320 19,884 3.3
Santa Catarina 276,540 96,985 1.4
São Paulo 2,552,400 1,220,716 2.7
Sergipe 91,680 32,138 1.4
Tocantins 101,100 22,161 1.4

Brazil 10,900,120 / 4,564,304 / 2.2%

Source: Veja