Brazil delays Chinese vaccine efficacy report, keeps rollout date


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Sao Paulo state governor, Joao Doria, and director of Instituto Butantan, Dimas Tadeu Covas, hold boxes of the China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a cargo plane containing the vaccines arrives at Sao Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos, Brazil November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state delayed on Monday the release of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, tightening the timeframe for regulator approval before a planned roll out on Jan. 25.

Governor Joao Doria said in a radio interview on Monday the data would be released on Dec. 23, eight days later than planned, to allow for a larger sample size and more complete analysis.

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