{"id":82782,"date":"2021-09-05T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82782"},"modified":"2021-09-05T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T20:40:57","slug":"why-did-brazil-really-just-suspend-12-million-doses-of-chinas-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82782","title":{"rendered":"Why did Brazil really just suspend 12 million doses of China&#8217;s vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brazil Suspends 12 Million Doses of China\u2019s Sinovac Vaccine<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Rita Li<br \/>\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian health regulator suspended the use of over 12 million doses of Chinese-made vaccines on Sept. 4 over being produced in an unauthorized plant, according to an official statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Sinovac-vaccine-1200x800-1-700x420.jpg?itok=PmP6xs6X\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Sinovac-vaccine-1200x800-1-700x420.jpg?itok=PmP6xs6X\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Sinovac-vaccine-1200x800-1-700x420.jpg?itok=PmP6xs6X\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e6d1b743-47df-4727-8491-6ce2d44e64cd\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authorities said\u00a0<strong>the ban was \u201ca precautionary measure\u201d to prevent \u201cpossible imminent risk.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe manufacturing unit \u2026 was not inspected and was not approved by Anvisa in the authorization of emergency use of the mentioned vaccine,\u201d the country\u2019s federal health regulator Anvisa said on Saturday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A day previously, Sao Paulo\u2019s Butantan Institute, a local biomedical center founded by the state government, sent an alert to Anvisa. The institution was to fill and finalize 25 batches of 12.1 million doses upon their arrival in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-brazil\">Brazil<\/a>, under a partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-sinovac\">Sinovac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another 17 batches, totaling 9 million doses produced in the same plant, were on their way to Brazil, Butantan told the regulator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The regulator has now issued a 90-day ban and is investigating the plant and the manufacturing process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brazil launched its vaccine rollout earlier this year with the vast majority of administered vaccines from Sinovac. More shots from other manufacturers have since come online.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Aug. 25 that people aged 70 or older or who have a weak immune system will be eligible for a third dose, starting Sept. 15\u2014preferably with the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1233532341-600x407.jpg?itok=Az6Aizck\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1233532341-600x407.jpg?itok=Az6Aizck\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1233532341-600x407.jpg?itok=Az6Aizck\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ab3b64c5-6ef7-4f20-be8d-3e17d4401b85\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A health worker prepares a Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 18, 2021. (Rodrigo Paiva\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Diana dos Santos, 71, received two shots of the Sinovac vaccine but now refuses to leave home until she gets her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-booster\">booster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t go out like before and I\u2019m still afraid of all of this,\u201d Santos told\u00a0The Associated Press. \u201cI will feel safer [with a booster].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese officials have maintained the vaccine protects against the Delta variant, particularly preventing hospitalizations and severe cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brazil has reported over 580,000 deaths from the virus, but the country has seen a fall in both death rate and active cases in the past two months.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/brazil-suspends-12-million-doses-of-chinas-sinovac-vaccine_3982192.html\">https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/brazil-suspends-12-million-doses-of-chinas-sinovac-vaccine_3982192.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil Suspends 12 Million Doses of China\u2019s Sinovac Vaccine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}