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President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) said that the Ministry of Health is the one who will offer the vaccine against covid-19, but “without imposing or making vaccination mandatory.”
Despite not citing names, Bolsonaro’s post was a response to the statement by São Paulo Governor João Doria Jr., who previously stated that vaccination against the coronavirus would be mandatory throughout the state if Anvisa approves it (Agência National Health Surveillance).
On social media, Bolsonaro cited two laws – numbers 13,979 / 2020 and 6,259 / 1975 – and then affirmed that it is the federal government that will decide whether or not to impose vaccination.
“Despite article 3, subsection III, letter ‘d’, of Law 19.979 / 20, which provides that the public power may determine mandatory vaccination, the federal government does not see the need to adopt such measures nor will it recommend their adoption by local managers, “Bolsonaro wrote.
“WHO [Ministério da Saúde] will offer vaccination, safely, without accommodation, at the right time, after scientific testing and validated by Anvisa, however, without imposing or carrying out vaccination, “he added later.
Chinese vaccine
Doria had been repeating in recent weeks that he thought the obligation was correct, but had not yet officially announced the measure. According to the governor, only people with a medical certificate will be able to receive the vaccine.
Doria also attacked President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) again, accusing him of “politicizing” the vaccine. The attacks face the threat of a lack of agreement between the government of São Paulo and the Ministry of Health so that CoronaVac, a vaccine developed and tested by the Butantan Institute in association with the Chinese laboratory Sinovac, can be distributed in other states by SUS (Unified Health System). The definition, according to Doria, will take place at a meeting next Wednesday (21).
The idea of the São Paulo government is for CoronaVac to be approved by Anvisa (the National Health Surveillance Agency) in time to begin vaccinating health professionals in December in the state. Testing should be completed this weekend and results will be delivered to the agency on Monday.
“In São Paulo it will be mandatory, except for those who have medical guidance and a certificate that they cannot take. And we will adopt legal measures if there is a contradiction in this regard,” Doria said during a press conference at Palácio dos Bandeirantes, in São Paulo.
