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Brazil scrambles for India-made Oxford vaccine, strikes early deal with Bharat Biotech

Brazil made a diplomatic push on Monday to guarantee an Indian-made shipment of British drugmaker AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, hoping to avoid export restrictions that could delay immunizations during the world's second-deadliest outbreak.

The scramble by Brazil's government and private sector underscored how Latin America's largest nation, has fallen behind peers in the race to inoculate against the coronavirus.