FILE PHOTO: AstraZeneca's logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Fiocruz biomedical institute will seek approval for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 with federal health regulator Anvisa on Jan. 15, one of the center's senior officials said on Monday.
The Jan. 15 date brings a measure of clarity to Brazil's vaccine rollout, which critics have blasted for falling behind smaller and poorer peers in Latin America. The AstraZeneca vaccine represents the Brazilian government's main bet to help end the world's second-most deadly coronavirus outbreak, after the United States.
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