Brazil is one of the top country in the world to be deadly affected by the Coronavirus.
According to?data collated by Johns Hopkins University, It has had nearly 5.3 million confirmed cases – the third highest tally in the world after the US and India – and is second only to the US in terms of deaths, with nearly 155,000 registered so far.
The Federal government had agreed to buy 46 million doses of the vaccine CoronaVac.
He said,”the immunisation programme could begin as soon as January 2021, making it one of the first such efforts in the world to fight the pandemic”
If approved by the country’s health regulator, CoronaVac – developed by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech – will be one of two vaccines included in Brazil’s immunisation programme.
The country has also plans to administer a vaccine being created by England’s Oxford University and the drug giant AstraZeneca.
Mr Doria has previously touted Sinovac’s experimental vaccine, announcing plans to use it to inoculate residents of S?o Paulo.
The Chinese vaccine is being tested by S?o Paulo state’s research centre in Butantan Institute.
The institute announced on Monday that the two-dose vaccine appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial.
However, it warned the result was only preliminary, with testing ongoing. It said data on how effective the vaccine is will not be released until the trial is over.
Trials are also being conducted in Turkey and Indonesia.