Doria Says Ten States Have Applied for CoronaVac Vaccine | Saint Paul

In the video recorded in the Palácio dos Bandeirantes, together with the governor of Acre, Gladson de Lima Camel, Doria does not say, however, which are the ten states.

The government of São Paulo states that made 4 million doses available for vaccination by healthcare professionals in other states. The vaccine is still in the third phase of testing, in which effectiveness must be proven before being released by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa). The São Paulo government’s forecast is that the documents on Coronavac will be delivered to Anvisa December 15.

“The governor of the state of Acre is the tenth governor who has been looking for us in recent days to formalize the request for a vaccine against Covid-19, the Butantan vaccine. The government of São Paulo has made 4 million doses available to others states, governments, for priority attention to health professionals in the states, ”said Doria.

According to a survey of G1, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Acre, Paraíba, Goiás, Piauí and Maranhão said they have contacted the São Paulo government to buy CoronaVac. The City Council of Curitiba, Porto Velho and Belo Horizonte also requested the vaccine.

Following the publication of this report by the G1, Palácio dos Bandeirantes issued an official note saying that the number of states that requested the vaccine rose to eleven, in addition to SP: Acre, Pará, Maranhão, Roraima, Piauí, Mato Grosso Sul, Espirito Santo, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba , Ceará and Rio Grande do Sul.

The vaccination is expected to occur from January 25, 2021 in the state of São Paulo and, according to Doria, other states can also follow the schedule. On Monday (7), during a press conference, the government affirmed that the first group to receive the coronavirus vaccine includes health professionals, indigenous people and quilombolas from all over the state.

According to the announcement, the first phase of vaccination will be aimed at the priority group, which also includes people aged 60 years and over, and divided into five stages. (See full schedule below)

According to the government, 9 million people will be vaccinated in this first phase.

“The target audience for the first phase of vaccination is people aged 60 years or over, corresponding to 7.5 million people, health workers, who are our great front-line agents saving lives, quilombolas, indigenous people, there are 1.5 million people and the priority is health workers, a total of 9 million people, ”said Regiane de Paula, coordinator of disease control for the State Department of Health.

During the press conference, the Secretary of State for Health, Jean Gorinchteyn, said that the state has the necessary amount of supplies to ensure that the program is carried out as scheduled.

“We will start the vaccination campaign now on January 25 and we do have these supplies, needles and syringes to vaccinate this public. In this way, it will not be necessary to make acquisitions, pending bids, because we already have these materials in our stock. said the secretary.

According to the government, the state already has 5,200 vaccination posts in the 645 municipalities of São Paulo.

The goal is to expand the total to 10,000 vaccination points, with the possible use of schools, PM barracks, train stations and bus terminals, pharmacies and drive-trhu systems. The estimated logistics cost of the program is R $ 100 million.

Logistics and human resources of the first phase

• 18 million doses of the vaccine
• 25 strategic regional storage and distribution positions
• 54 thousand health professionals
• 27 million syringes and needles
• 5.2 thousand cold rooms
• 30 refrigerated trucks for daily distribution
• 2,100 trips during the vaccination period
• 25,000 police officers for vaccination escort and security of vaccination sites

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