iPhone | iPad
Android
Huawei
The bus was on its way from Ooty to Mettupalaym in the Coimbatore district when the accident took place
KT APPDOWNLOAD
Brazil begins vaccinating young children despite Bolsonaro objection
More than 20 million children are eligible for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, as long as they have parental consent.
Brazilian indigenous boy Davi Xavante -the first child in Brazil to get vaccinated against Covid-19- receives the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Clinicas hospital in Sao Paulo. — AFP
Brazil began vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on Friday after the move was approved despite objections from President Jair Bolsonaro.
Davi Seremramiwe Xavante, an indigenous eight-year-old boy, was the first child to be vaccinated during an official ceremony at a Sao Paulo hospital, with the state governor Joao Doria in attendance.
The first Covid vaccine dose administered in Brazil was also in Sao Paulo, in January 2021.
The new age group was approved for vaccination by Anvisa health authorities a month ago.
More than 20 million children are eligible for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, as long as they have parental consent.
Indigenous people and children with health problems are priority groups for vaccination.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly criticised the move and has insisted he would never vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter, Laura.
Himself unvaccinated, Bolsonaro caused a storm when he asked to have the names of those responsible for approving the move made public.
An association representing Anvisa officials blasted Bolsonaro’s “fascist methods” and the authority’s president demanded police protection for staff following threats.
According to official health ministry figures, more than 300 children aged five to 11 have died from Covid in Brazil, among a total of 620,000 deaths from the disease in the country of 213 million.
The number of new cases has exploded since the emergence of the Omicron variant in late November.
Daily new cases on Thursday were just under 100,000, having been less than 6,000 two weeks ago.
More news from
The company says no safety issues should prevent owners from using their devices while awaiting the update
Emirati duo ready for big fight in Sardinia to keep team crown within reach
Look: 80% of residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan lightning offensive sparks mass exodus
Hundreds of ethnic Armenians waited amongst their baggage in the central square in the town of Goris for the government to offer accommodation
Jeev Milkha Singh tied 12th in Asian Tour ievent at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club, Tamsui.
Indian high commission says three protesters threatened its diplomats during visit to a Sikh temple in Glasgow
The program prepares a group of future-focused experts in different sectors across Dubai’s government
Warham and Casey denied on the count back at the Jumeirah Golf Estates Fire course