Mourão says the government did not provide guidelines on isolation | Politics

Mourão’s speech, in an interview with the YouTube channel of journalist Paulo Roque, opposes the position of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has said on several occasions that the Federal Supreme Court (STF) has taken away his prerogative to make decisions about the pandemic.

Mourão praised the measures taken in the economic area, such as emergency aid and the expansion of credit to companies. But he admitted that the federal government could have states and municipalities better oriented in a line of action in social and health aspects.

“It was our fault. We could have made a guideline. We did it informally, a dissemination of best practices, but it could have addressed other aspects, such as types of isolation.”

Mourão also criticized the politicization around the virus in Brazil. “Within this world we live in, of excessive tribalism, there was a political passion above it. From the simplest aspects,” he said.

“It is a total isolation, it is vertical; it is hydroxychloroquine, it is not hydroxychloroquine; it is a vaccine from China, it is not a vaccine from China. Something totally disproportionate, ineffective and harmful to the needs of the country to fight the pandemic.”

The vice president assured that he will not resist taking Coronavac, a vaccine that the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac is developing in partnership with the São Paulo government, “as long as it is certified by Anvisa. [Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária]”.

He also said that he considers himself loyal and consistent in his relationship with Bolsonaro and no longer contributes to the government for “palace intrigues.”

“There is often a certain lack of understanding, but this is what I say as a result of the palace intrigues that are common to each and every government,” he said. “Misunderstanding by some advisers to the president, who seek to distort the facts and bring another reality to the actions that I have tried to carry out.”