See the chronology of the dispute between Bolsonaro and Doria over the vaccine against Covid-19 | Vaccine

After the announcement of the plan, the government of President Jair Bolsonaro moved to buy the vaccines produced by Pfizer / BioNTech and even predicted an immunization start in December, which, however, is highly unlikely to occur due to the late request. to the lab. Pfizer said it could deliver in January.

In addition, the governors were divided between those who supported the idea of ​​the governor João Doria (PSDB) and reached agreements with the government of São Paulo and those who pressure the Altiplano and the Ministry of Health not to allow a state to take the initiative in vaccination .

Among the discontent with Doria is Goiás Governor Ronaldo Caiado (DEM), who said Friday that the Federal Government will order all vaccines against Covid – which would include CoronaVac. The paulista responded saying that the possible Planalto proposal would be “a vaccine confiscation”.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement that “at no time (…) did it comment on the seizure or demand of vaccines purchased by the states.” The folder reaffirmed the importance of state and municipal departments in vaccination campaigns.

It is worth remembering that the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has not yet approved CoronaVac or another vaccine. Furthermore, the expectation is that the data on the effectiveness of the immunizing agent produced by Butantan and the Chinese laboratory will only come to light in the coming days.

This week’s disagreements are just the most recent chapters in the dispute between Doria and the Bolsonaro government over vaccines, especially when it comes to CoronaVac. See the timeline of these discussions below.

11/6 – Doria announces partnership with Sinovac

With the tests still ongoing, Doria announced that the Butantan Institute would be a partner with the Chinese laboratory Sinovac for the production of a vaccine against the coronavirus. “Studies indicate that it will be available in the first half of 2021, that is, until June of next year. And with this vaccine we will be able to immunize millions of Brazilians, ”he said at the time.

7/27 – Vaccine for ‘millions of Brazilians’

In an interview with Rádio Itatiaia, the governor of São Paulo said that the application of the CoronaVac vaccine could be offered from January 2021 in the Unified Health System (SUS) in several states.

“We will be able to start producing the vaccine in December and immediately afterwards begin vaccinating millions of Brazilians with SUS, not only in São Paulo but also in other states,” said Doria.

09/30 – Contract signed with SP

Doria signed, more than three months after the announcement of the association, a contract to receive 46 million doses of CoronaVac. The agreement was signed by Doria and Weining Meng, director of the Sinovac laboratory, during a press conference at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes. At the same event, the governor announced that the vaccination of health professionals must begin on December 15, a date that cannot be met.

10/20 – Pazuello announces purchase of doses from CoronaVac

The Health Ministry announced, in a meeting with governors, that the Union would purchase 46 million doses of CoronaVac. Thus, the expectation was that the government would issue a new Provisional Measure to make R $ 2.6 billion available in January.

On the occasion, Pazuello said that when the vaccine is approved, the doses will be distributed throughout Brazil through the National Immunization Program (PNI), which for decades has been responsible for national vaccination campaigns.

10/21 – ‘We will not buy the vaccine from China,’ says Bolsonaro

President Jair Bolsonaro said on his Facebook page that Brazil would not buy “the vaccine from China.”

The statement was made in response to a follower on the social network who requested the resignation of the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello. “Good morning, President. Urge Pazuelo, he is being the elector of Doria. The minister has betrayed him,” wrote the follower, referring to João Doria (PSDB), governor of the state of São Paulo.

“Everything will become clear today. We will not buy the vaccine from China,” the president replied.

10/21 – Doria asks Bolsonaro for ‘greatness’

In response, Doria asked President Bolsonaro to “have greatness” in relation to CoronaVac and said that “it is not ideology, it is not politics, it is not an electoral process that saves, it is the vaccine.”

“I speak here as governor of the state of São Paulo, but I speak mainly as a Brazilian, as a father. And as a father, I want my children to have the vaccine, I want my family to be vaccinated, I want my neighbors to be vaccinated, I want Brazilians get vaccinated. It is the vaccine that will save us all. It is not ideology, it is not politics, it is not an electoral process that saves, it is the vaccine, “he said.

10/11 – ‘One more that Bolsonaro wins’, says president about suspension of tests

“Death, disability, anomaly. This is the vaccine that Doria wanted all the people of São Paulo to get. The president said that the vaccine could never be mandatory. One more that Jair Bolsonaro wins,” Bolsonaro wrote.

3/12 – Batch with raw materials reaches SP

A 600-liter batch of raw material for the CoronaVac vaccine arrived on December 3, at an event attended by Governor João Doria.

“We came here to receive another batch of the CoronaVac vaccine, the Butantan vaccine, the vaccine that will save the lives of millions of Brazilians. Today we receive supplies for 1 million doses of the vaccine. In addition to the 20,000 that we have already received, we now have 1 million and 120,000 doses of the vaccine, ”said Doria.

7/12 – Doria announces vaccination plan for January

The São Paulo government said that the CoronaVac vaccination plan begins on January 25, 2021. The first group to receive the coronavirus vaccine includes health professionals, indigenous people and quilombolas from all over the state. The São Paulo government’s forecast is that the documents on CoronaVac will be delivered to Anvisa on December 15.

12/8 – Pazuello says the government will buy CoronaVac ‘if there is demand’

In a meeting with governors, the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, said that, if there is demand and price, the federal government will buy the “Butantan vaccine.”

The statement came after Doria questioned whether the Health Ministry intended to acquire CoronaVac. In the question, the governor of São Paulo recalled that the federal government closed an agreement to buy another two immunizers.

“I already answered that to all the governors. When the Butantan vaccine, which is not from the state of São Paulo, is it governor? I don’t know how it is spoken as much as if it were from the state. She is from Butantan. Butantan is the largest manufacturer of vaccines in our country and is respected for that, ”said Pazuello.

“Butantan, when you finish your work and have your vaccine registered, we will evaluate the demand and, if there is demand and there is a price, we will buy. […] I give it back to you [Doria] that registration is mandatory and, if there is demand, if there is a price, all vaccines, all productions will be the objective of our purchase ”.

9/12 – Doria Calls for CoronaVac’s Release

In an interview, the São Paulo governor said that Anvisa “is not a regulatory agency in the interest of the federal government” and that he expects it to “fulfill its role” and approve CoronaVac.

“Our expectation and our desire is for Anvisa to fulfill its role. An autonomous, independent and scientific regulatory agency. It is not a regulatory agency in the interest of the Federal Government, the Planalto Palace or the ideological defense. It is the last stage. which we imagine an independent regulatory agency would do. So we, the governors and I, in São Paulo, hope that Anvisa will fulfill its role, approve CoronaVac, the Butantan vaccine ”.

11/12 – Planalto wants to centralize distribution, says Caiado

The governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (DEM), published on his social networks that the Ministry of Health should issue a Provisional Measure to “address the centralization and equitable distribution of vaccines”, in addition to ordering all vaccines against the coronavirus. The announcement was made after a meeting between Goiano and Minister Eduardo Pazuello, during the inauguration of a maternity hospital in Goiânia.

OR G1 He discovered that the federal government is already working on a Provisional Measure related to vaccines, with the release of funds for the purchase of immunizers. The text is expected to be published soon.

The Health Ministry said it never commented on the confiscation or requirement of the vaccines purchased by the states.

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