RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to its national immunization program, despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it.

Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the federal government had reached a deal with Sao Paulo state, which is helping test and produce the vaccine, to buy 46 million doses to be administered starting in January.

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