RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — President Jair Bolsonaro faced scathing criticism Sunday over his government’s plan — or lack thereof, opponents said — to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 in Brazil, the country with the second-highest death toll worldwide.
Brazil published its vaccination plan Saturday with notable holes, including a start date and details of how to reach its target of 70 percent of the population.
That prompted a new salvo of criticism of the far-right president, who has persistently defied expert advice on containing the pandemic and recently declared he did not plan to be vaccinated.
“Enough shenanigans with the vaccine!” leading newspaper Folha de …
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