Brazil Pledges to Vaccinate All Population against COVID-19 in 2021

Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuelo pledged on Thursday to provide vaccines for all Brazilians against COVID-19 disease in 2021, as the second wave of the spread of Coronavirus infection worsens and local pressure increases.

Observers depicted the statements made the Brazilian minister as bold pledge comes at a time when state governors are criticizing the Brazilian federal government that it is not ready for a comprehensive vaccination campaign and that it has failed to ensure a perse and adequate supply of vaccines.

In a radio interview, Pazuelo reiterated his assertion that his ministry will buy any effective and affordable vaccines approved by the health regulatory authority (INFISA).

Brazil is experiencing the second-highest deadly outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the world after the United States, with more than 178,000 deaths.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health said that Brazil recorded 53,453 confirmed cases of coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the highest rate of infection with the virus since mid-August. It also recorded 836 deaths from the deadly virus.

According to the ministry's data, the total number of infections in the South American country has reached 6 million and 728452 since the outbreak of the epidemic, while the total deaths rose to 178,995 deaths, becoming the third-highest country in the world affected by the pandemic after the United States and India.

In the midst of the global race for the Coronavirus vaccine with the second wave of the pandemic, Latin American countries are preparing to obtain their share in order to vaccinate their people, and according to the data obtained by the "Duke" University, among the nearly 10 billion global reserved doses, Argentina requested in advance 52% of the vaccines it needs, while Brazil requested 46%, Chile 223%, Mexico 76%, Ecuador 26%, Peru 15%, and Venezuela 18%, according to the Argentine newspaper "Clarin".

In other words, Chile has 4.6 doses of the vaccine per person (two per person are necessary), while Brazil, the third country in the world worst affected by the epidemic, with more than 6.6 million infections, has 0.9 doses per person, according to the Spanish newspaper ABC.