Crackdown on ‘vaccine sommeliers’ as Covid pandemic grips Brazil

Although four vaccines are available, some shots are deemed by some more desirable than others

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Cities across Brazil are clamping down on vaccine sommeliers" who seek to cherrypick their Covid shots despite the devastating epidemic still gripping Latin America's largest nation.

More than half a million Brazilians have lost their lives to an outbreak the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, stands accused of ruinously mishandling. Yet some citizens have shown themselves to be perplexingly selective about which brand of vaccine they receive.