Plan to vaccinate town in Brazil against Covid starts real estate rush
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#5E3NH)
Research study to inoculate all residents of Serrana, prompting enquiries from all over the country
A sleepy town in the Brazilian countryside has found itself at the centre of a coronavirus-fuelled real estate rush after plans to vaccinate its entire adult population were unveiled.
The research institute Butantan announced last weekend that it would vaccinate the entire adult population of Serrana, a little-known backwater 200 miles north of Sao Paulo, as part of a study into herd immunity.
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