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According to data published today by the Ministry of Health, Brazil registered 964 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The total number of deaths caused by the disease has risen to 182,799 since the start of the pandemic.
From yesterday to today, the country had 42,889 confirmed cases of covid-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,970,034 positive diagnoses for the disease have been registered throughout Brazil.
The federal government also reported that 6,067,862 people have already recovered from the disease, with another 719,373 being followed.
The government predicts a deadline, but Bolsonaro says: ‘I will not get a vaccine’
The federal government today set a deadline to begin the national vaccination campaign against covid-19. In response to a question from the STF, the AGU (Advocacia-Geral da União) reported that the forecast of the Ministry of Health is to start vaccinating priority groups five days after having the approval of Anvisa and the delivery of the first doses from an agency certified immunizer.
The folder, however, continues without giving a specific date to start vaccination, conditioning this on the definition of which will be the first vaccine to have an approval for emergency use by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). In a note, the government said that it will officially present the national plan tomorrow at 10 a.m., with the presence of President Jair Bolsonaro and Minister Eduardo Pazuello.
The president said in an interview with Urgent Brasil on Tuesday (15) that he will give the green light to the purchase and application of all vaccines against the new coronavirus that are authorized by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), but that in particular he will not take any .
“I’m not going to get a vaccine and that’s it. Is my life at risk? The problem is mine,” said the president, highlighting that he will deliver R $ 20 billion, through a provisional measure still to be disseminated, for the purchase of immunizers. and that vaccination cannot be mandatory. “It is universal, available to anyone who wants to. But it has to be responsible. The manufacturer says it is not responsible for any side effects,” referring to an alleged clause in the Pfizer contract that would exempt the pharmaceutical company from liability in case of effect. collateral.
Vehicles gather for information
In response to the decision of the government of Jair Bolsonaro to restrict access to data on the covid-19 pandemic, media Twitter, El Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo, O Globo, G1 and Extra formed a consortium to work collaboratively to seek the necessary information directly from the state health departments of the 27 units of the Federation.
The federal government, through the Ministry of Health, should be the natural source of these figures, but the attitudes of the authorities and the president himself during the pandemic cast doubt on the availability of the data and its veracity.
