SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Sao Paulo state delayed on Monday the release of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac, tightening the timeframe for regulator approval before a planned roll out on Jan. 25.
Governor Joao Doria said in a radio interview on Monday the data would be released on Dec. 23, eight days later than planned, to allow for a larger sample size and more complete analysis.
Earlier on Monday, Joo Gabbardo, head of Sao Paulo’s COVID-19 response, said the delay would allow the efficacy analysis to include data from a sample including 151 infected people, making it a definitive rather than a preliminary report.
Doria’s announcement that Sao…
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