Secretary of SP provides the Chinese vaccine Covid-19 available in the vaccination schedule in early January 2021 | Saint Paul

According to the Secretary of State for Health, Jean Gorinchteyn, the test calendar is being respected and the results are expected to be sent to Anvisa at the end of October.

“HE the schedule is respected. If you intend to open the studies on October 15 and this data will be taken to Anvisa to make the seal. In December we will have 46 million doses and we will be able to start the vaccination in early January., remembering that even in the 1st quarter we received another 15 million with the possibility of having 100 million doses available by June ”, said Gorinchteyn in an interview with GloboNews this morning (10).

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Each vaccine must go through major stages of study until its use is approved. After the preclinical phase, with animal testing, there are 3 phases of human testing.

The tests must show that the vaccine is safe, produces antibodies, and is capable of protecting against the virus.

The Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, has a cooperation agreement with the Chinese laboratory Sinovac, which produces the vaccine, and is one of the 12 centers that will coordinate immunization tests in Brazil.

Gorinchteyn defended the decision of the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which temporarily stopped the last stage of testing (phase 3) of the candidate for the vaccine against Covid-19, after a volunteer in the United Kingdom presented an adverse reaction that may or may not be linked to the vaccine.

“It meant an act of responsibility, that is what is expected within a clinical study, whether to study medication, for vaccines, this is how it is done. Side effects are reported, which is what we need to know, and when it exists” . As a more serious guarantee is made, the interruption of the study is essential to evaluate whether or not the effect is related to the vaccine. This attitude is respected and expected within all well-conducted scientific studies, ”he said.

This Wednesday (9), the state of São Paulo registered 391 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours of this Wednesday (9), reaching a total of 31,821 since the start of the pandemic.

After a period of stability, the daily average of deaths returned to a downward trend on Tuesday (8), according to expert judgment (read below).

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The secretary also commented on the prospect of reopening schools, which will continue to take place on October 7, but it is necessary, however, that 80% of the state’s population is in the yellow phase of the economic flexibility plan.

According to Gorinchteyn, the institutions are preparing for the reopening to be done safely and gave details about the tests that the government plans to do to map the number of students, teachers and staff who have had contact with the virus.

The proposal had been announced at a press conference by the government on August 21.

“The state is already adequately equipping schools with all the health standards, alcohol, distance, temperature measurement, and is also doing a program that we call a ‘testing program.’ It will be divided into two approaches: the first related to the epidemiological profile. So we are going to do a serology to find out how many of that school, for example, have had and how many did not have Covid, and we will also do it in the form of a sample, choosing some members of these schools, to do the PCR, which identifies the virus. “he stated.

The state of São Paulo lasted for more than three months with the daily average of new deaths above 200, the so-called plateau at the high point of the epidemiological curve.

On August 27, after the long period of uninterrupted stability in the new records, the daily average of deaths tended to decline for the first time, with a variation of -20% compared to the value registered in the previous 14 days. But on August 28, the trend stabilized again. This Tuesday (8) the downward trend was verified again.

For state management, the state has already passed the worst moment of the pandemic. Although the new records have been minor, experts warn that to confirm the exit from the plateau, there must be a sustained drop in new cases and deaths.

São Paulo advances towards the fifth consecutive week in the reduction of deaths. Hospitalizations are also falling, for the eighth week in a row. They are good indicators that confirm that the pandemic in São Paulo is receding. This does not mean loosening the quarantine, under any circumstances. the relaxation of the protection, health and preventive measures that the state government has been guiding and deliberating to mayors and mayors, and mainly to the population, “said Governor João Doria (PSDB) (9) this Wednesday.

During the holidays, thousands of bathers flocked to the beaches of the São Paulo coast. There have also been several agglomerations in other cities, including the capital. The decline in social isolation may still be reflected in future records of cases and deaths.

“A recommendation of the health committee for people who were exposed to risky situations in crowds during the holiday is to minimize possible damage. First, take care of the transmission to relatives. In this situation, it is necessary to wear a mask at home and at a conscious distance. The second recommendation, these days this week that people begin to develop some symptoms, they should look for a basic health unit or medical assistance so that they can do the PCR test, ”said José Medida, coordinator of the Contingency Center.