U.S. to send 3 million J&J Covid-19 vaccine doses to Brazil – White House

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The United States on Thursday will ship 3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot Covid-19 vaccine to Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, a White House official said on Wednesday.

The shipment – part of Washington’s pledge to donate 80 million vaccines – will depart Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on an Azul Airlines flight Thursday evening, bound for Campinas, a city in Sao Paulo, the official said.

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