Pfizer, Coronavac or AstraZeneca, he had it all.

A resident of Rio de Janeiro will have to explain to health authorities how he was able to receive five doses of the vaccine against the covid in ten weeks.

The municipality of Rio said on Friday that the health authorities would get in touch with the quintuple vaccinated so that he "explains" how he was able to receive these injections in several vaccination centers.

Unmasked before receiving a sixth dose

Between May 12 and July 21, the man received two doses of Pfizer vaccine, two of CoronaVac and one of AstraZeneca, according to TV Globo, who was able to see the digital vaccination record of this inhabitant of the area. west of Rio.

He has occasionally been inoculated two doses 13 days apart.

It was when he attempted to receive a 6th dose on August 16 that he was discovered.

The municipality explained that the man had visited three different vaccination centers and had taken advantage of computer failures, according to the

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The Health Secretariat said for its part to have been able to "identify this man in his registers" and that he would take "the necessary measures".

Shortage of vaccines

To be vaccinated, Brazilians must be in the age group corresponding to the announced schedule, present identification and a certificate of injection of the first dose before receiving the second.

Vaccination centers do not offer a choice between different vaccines.

Very affected by the coronavirus, the city of Rio has had to suspend the vaccination of its population several times due to a shortage of vaccines.

But hundreds of cases of fraud have been reported, with people running vaccination centers in states like Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or Minas Gerais to receive the vaccine of their choice or a 3rd dose.

Brazil is the second most bereaved country after the United States with more than 570,000 deaths from Covid-19.

But in Brazil, unlike many other countries, the population's adherence to vaccination is very high.

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