Covid-19 roundup: Brazil backs out of Sput­nik V vac­cine deal; White House im­ple­ments new mask, vac­cine man­dates

In March, Brazil’s gov­ern­ment signed a con­tract with Rus­sia for 10 mil­lion dos­es of the Sput­nik V vac­cine. Now, the coun­try is back­ing out of that agree­ment with its health min­is­ter cit­ing a lapsed reg­is­tra­tion dead­line as the rea­son why.

Brazil is bat­tling one of the tough­est out­breaks in the world. There has been a re­cent drop in dai­ly cas­es, but the coun­try is still see­ing a sev­en-day av­er­age of over 45,000 in­fec­tions.

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