New health minister says Brazil to ramp up vaccination to 1 million doses per day

  • 3/24/2021
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s new health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, said on Wednesday that the government wants to ramp up vaccinations to 1 million doses per day in a strengthened inoculation campaign that will be his main focus. Queiroga took office on Tuesday, the day that Brazil had a record 3,251 deaths, the worst toll since the pandemic began a year ago. President Jair Bolsonaro’s fourth minister in the job, Queiroga said the Health Ministry will create a special secretariat for COVID-19.

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