Bolsonaro rival hails Covid vaccinations as 'triumph of science against denialists'
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#5CZ64)
Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria takes aim at Brazil's president after his state beat federal authorities to secure first coronavirus vaccines
Brazil's first Covid-19 vaccine has been administered after more than 209,000 deaths, sparking an outpouring of emotion and a ferocious political skirmish that saw one of President Jair Bolsonaro's key rivals accuse him of revelling in the stench of death".
The China-made CoronaVac was injected into the arm of a frontline nurse in Sao Paulo at 3.30pm local time, after Brazil's health regulator approved the emergency use of vaccines produced by China's Sinovac and Oxford/AstraZeneca.
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