With India now pandemic epicenter, Brazil seeks autonomy to produce vaccines
With the pandemic epicenter displaced to India, Brazil is now considering the possibility of further delays in the delivery of...
May 3, 2021Topic
Butantan Institute
ButanVac: Brazil’s health regulator requests additional documents to authorize trials
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) announced that after the technical analysis of documents and data submitted for authorization of...
April 28, 2021
Butantan confirms three new coronavirus variants in São Paulo state
According to the institute, the South African variant is the most worrying.
April 28, 2021
Brazil calls on EU for help in purchasing vaccines and medicines
The Brazilian ambassador to the European Union, Marcos Galvão, on Thursday, April 15th, defended vaccination in the fight against the...
April 16, 2021
U.S. ambassador says Brazil will have to preserve the Amazon to enter OECD
In front of a select virtual audience with important businessmen and former ministers of different governments, the American ambassador to...
April 12, 2021
Preliminary study indicates Coronavac’s greater efficacy with longer intervals between doses
A scientific paper in preprint (not yet peer-reviewed) points out that the efficacy of Coronavac against covid-19 is higher than...
April 12, 2021
São Paulo state government to open business offices in Europe and the U.S.
Over the coming months, the São Paulo government will open two offices to boost business in various areas, including agribusiness,...
April 9, 2021
Brazil has 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine secured for April, says minister
Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Saturday, April 4, that Brazil has 30 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 assured...
April 5, 2021
Covid-19: 15.5 million people vaccinated in Brazil, 7.32% of the population (March 28)
Among the 15.5 million, 4,699,784 people received the second dose, which represents 2.22% of the population with complete immunization.
March 29, 2021