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The deputy director general of the WHO (World Health Organization), Mariângela Simão, said today that it is possible to “be sure” that Brazil will not have a mass vaccination against the new coronavirus from 2021.
“There will not be enough vaccine next year to vaccinate the entire population, so what the WHO is advising is that priority be given to vaccinate health professionals and people over 65 years of age or who have an associated disease,” he said. In an interview. to CNN Brazil.
Mariângela also said that “it is reasonable” to imagine that by the end of 2021, “all right”, there are “two or three approved vaccines” against covid-19.
“I would say that 2022 is a year in which we will have more vaccines because we have so much vaccine in development … It is likely that we will have other vaccines that arrive in the next year proving to be safe and effective,” he said.
“The important thing now is not to immunize everyone in a country, which is impossible: it is to immunize those who need it in all countries,” he concluded.
Johnson and Johnson
Yesterday, American Johnson & Johnson temporarily suspended clinical trials of its novel coronavirus vaccine “due to an unexplained illness in a study participant,” the company said.
Phase 3 of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine began recruiting volunteers in late September primarily in the United States, but also in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, and also in Brazil.
Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) confirmed today that it was communicated by Johnson & Johnson about the cessation of the tests and said that the study “will continue to be interrupted” in Brazil until the adverse effect on the volunteer is explained.
