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Brazil tests coronavirus shot; govt yet to secure deal if it works

The country's pandemic response has faced criticism since March, when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying social distancing recommendations

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.

5 min read Last Updated : Jun 24 2020 | 1:33 PM IST

Brazil is testing an experimental coronavirus vaccine, but interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello acknowledged on Tuesday that the government has yet to strike a deal to get it if it works. Other nations have already secured hundreds of millions of doses of the shot created by Oxford University.

The country's pandemic response has faced criticism since March, when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying social distancing recommendations. Hours before Brazil's health minister spoke at congress, a judge ordered Bolsonaro to wear a face mask whenever he is outdoors in the capital of Brasilia.

Pazuello, an army general who made his career in logistics,

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