Brazil decides to use Chinese vaccine against corona virus

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Brazil decides to use Chinese vaccine against corona virus

Brazil has decided to use Chinese vaccine against corona virus.

An agreement has also been reached for 46 million doses of corona vaccine. According to Doria, vaccination program will start in Brazil by January 2021. So far, more than 5.3 million corona infections have been reported in Brazil.

Death toll has also risen to around 155,000. Campaign also includes vaccines against corona being developed by Brazil's Oxford University and Extrajeneca in the UK.

Institute said on Monday that preliminary results showed the vaccine was safe in the third phase of clinical trials. Vaccine is currently being tested in Turkey and Indonesia.