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BRASILIA – President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he wants to know if China used the Covid-19 CoronaVac vaccine – produced by the Chinese company SinoVac Biotech, in association with the Butantan Institute, in Brazil – before its eventual approval in the country. . On Wednesday, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) authorized the resumption of the vaccines, after “evaluating the new data presented.”
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On Monday night, the agency announced that studies would be suspended after a “serious adverse event” during the vaccine’s testing phase. GLOBO discovered that the serious event reported in the Anvisa note was the death of a volunteer. According to a police report registered in São Paulo, the death occurred as a result of a suicide.
During the live broadcast on the internet, Bolsonaro spoke about the drugs used to combat the new coronavirus, which do not have scientifically proven effectiveness, when he asked why they are not also investing in cure, and not only in prevention.
– The vaccine seems to have something strange appearing out there … I am not going to speak here to avoid controversy, I say that I am politicizing the vaccine issue – he commented.
After stating that CoronaVac “is from China,” the president stated that the decision on the vaccine in Brazil will be made by the Ministry of Health and Anvisa, responsible for certification. And he began to make insinuations against the governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), without citing him directly.
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– For my part, with the vaccine tested by Anvisa and the Ministry of Health we will make a purchase, but it is not buying at the price that a cabloco wants there. A caboclo is very worried there, who wants this vaccine to be bought in cash. No, it is not. We’ll want the cost spreadsheet, a series of … – he declared.
Then, recognizing that the process does not depend on him, Bolsonaro said he wants to know “if that country used the vaccine there in his country.”
– It is like weapons, when the weapons are manufactured in any country in the world, the country that wants to buy says the following: “Is your Army using this weapon? If it is using it, it is a sign that it is good, we will also use it here So let’s buy it there. ” So it’s simple. And as for me, the vaccine will not be mandatory. In what depends on me – he added.
