Briefing | Vaccinating the world

The great task

The race to vaccinate the world against covid-19 has begun in earnest, posing problems for many and providing opportunities for some

Jan 9th 2021

BRAZIL SEEMS the sort of place where vaccination against covid-19 should have taken off quickly—and not just because it is suffering heavily from the disease. Impressive vaccine-making institutes—Butantan in São Paulo and Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro—provide excellent support for its existing immunisation programmes. Natália Pasternak, a microbiologist at the University of São Paulo, says that if it had put its mind to it, her country could have developed a vaccine all of its own.

This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The great task”