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The alternate general director of Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), Antônio Barra Torres, declared today that the vaccine against covid-19 will be available “on the best date.” However, he added that working with precise timelines to release the vaccine is “extremely dangerous.”
As for the deadline for the agency’s response regarding registration, it will be the best date. Anyone who says today ‘on such a day I will start the vaccination campaign’ is launching into extremely dangerous territory and with a very high probability of falling from grace in a short time.
Antônio Barra Torres
Barra’s statement, medical and military, came while he was being investigated by a Senate commission to act permanently at the command of Anvisa. He came to the agency in August last year and has held the interim presidency since December.
Even today, São Paulo Governor João Doria (PSDB) withdrew from previous announcements and said he should not make the new coronavirus vaccine available this year.
Doria even published a forecast for the launch of Coronavac, a vaccine produced by the Butantan Institute and the Chinese laboratory Sinovac. The governor said it would apply to health professionals from December 15, if they passed all the tests.
This agency will give the answer in the best time, in the shortest possible time, of course, because we have relatives, relatives, who have already died, due to this disease. Our interest is institutional and, of course, personal
Antônio Barra Torres
Barra Torres had the appointment to chair Anvisa effectively approved by the Senate Social Affairs Committee. Now, his name will be evaluated by the plenary session of the Chamber.
