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Mass vaccination creates healthy oasis in Brazilian city – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH – CORONAVIRUS/BRAZIL-VACCINE:Mass vaccination creates healthy oasis in Brazilian city
SAO PAULO, May 30 (Reuters) – Serrana, a city in southeastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, has seen a 95% drop in COVID-19 deaths after it concluded vaccination of almost all adults, TV Globo reported on Sunday.
With 45,000 inhabitants Serrana is a healthy oasis in Brazil, which has the world’s second deadliest outbreak with more than 461,000 deaths so far and a very slow immunization pace due to the lack of vaccines.
Serrana was the subject of a study by Instituto Butantan, which produces the…
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