Brazil health regulator asks Bolsonaro to retract criticism over vaccines
January 9, 2022
4:40 PM CST
Last Updated 5 hours ago
Reuters
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BRASILIA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's health regulator Anvisa has asked the country's vaccine-skeptic President Jair Bolsonaro to retract statements he made criticizing the agency for authorizing the vaccination of children against COVID-19.
In a letter to Bolsonaro made public late Saturday, retired rear admiral Antonio Barra Torres asked the president to back up his statement that there were undisclosed "interests" behind the vaccine decision or else retract his words.
Bolsonaro criticized Anvisa on Thursday for approving the use for children aged 5 to 11 years of the pediatric vaccine made by Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), saying that he had not heard of children dying of COVID-19.
"What is behind this? What are the interests of vaccine maniacs?" Bolsonaro stated in a radio interview.
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