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To Secretary of Sade de Belo Horizonte He reported that the City Council of the capital signs, this Monday (15), a memorandum of intentions to start negotiations for the purchase of the Sputnik V, a vaccine produced by the Gamaleya Center in Russia, and, in Brazil, by the Unio Chemistry laboratory in Guarulhos (SP).
The secretary considers, however, that the amount available will depend on the production and delivery capacity. The value of each dose of the vaccine is up to $ 10.
The lack of clarity in the purchase of vaccines by the federal government and the provisional measure that allows states and municipalities to buy immunizers on their own, led the municipalities to negotiate the purchase of the Russian vaccine.
At the same time that municipalities see in the vaccine the possibility of protecting a greater number of people, they fear competition. The mayor of Santa Luzia, Christiano Xavier, affirmed that the municipality has resources for the purchase, but reiterates that the delivery depends on the production capacity. The expectation that the vaccine will arrive at the end of April.
The city has presented a purchase proposal for the purchase of 400 thousand doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. “The availability of the delivery reserve will be analyzed, since there is a race and large municipalities from all over Brazil participate in the race.” With this number of doses, Santa Luzia intends to immunize 200 thousand people.
The mayor of Betim, Vittorio Medioli, announced on Thursday (11/03) that the municipality is acquiring 1.2 million doses. The expectation of the municipal administration is to immunize 600,000 people, those who live in Betim and also the floating population, since the city is recognized as an important industrial pole.
Together with the president of the pharmaceutical company Unio Qumica, Fernando de Castro Marques, the mayor of Pouso Alegre, in southern Minas, Rafael Simes (DEM), said that the city and municipalities of the micro-region will receive about 400 thousand doses of the vaccine Russian.
Great competition
The Ministry of Health will also buy doses of Sputnik V. The folder announced that, on Friday (12), it signed the contract for the purchase of 10 million doses of the immunizer.
On Friday (03/12), the governor of Bahia, Rui Costa (PT), closed the contract with the Russian Sovereign Fund so that the state can buy 9.7 million doses of Sputnik V. According to the Bahian government, the first batch of the immunizer arrives in April and vaccines can be applied to the population immediately.
On Saturday (03/13), the mayor of Macap, capital of Amap, Dr. Furlan, and Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede) announced the formalization of the purchase order for 119 thousand doses of the vaccine against COVID-19. The investment will be R $ 6 million for the acquisition of Sputnik V.
The mayor of Maric, in the state of Rio, Fabiano Horta, announced on Thursday (11/03) that he had closed an agreement with Russia for the immediate purchase of 400 thousand doses.
RUN THROUGH THE VACCINE
- Guarulhos – R $ 12 million
- Santa Luzia – 400 thousand doses
- Belo Horizonte – 4 million doses
- Macap – 119 thousand doses
- Maric – 400 thousand dose
- Pouso Alegre – 400 thousand doses
- Bay: 9.7 million doses
