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The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), today criticized the forecast announced yesterday by the Ministry of Health to start vaccination against covid-19 in March next year. Doria believes that the state of São Paulo will begin applying CoronaVac in January, a vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute in partnership with the Chinese laboratory Sinovac. However, you have yet to come up with a plan to make that happen.
According to the São Paulo government, the forecast is that the immunizer will have an emergency use authorization from Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) in the first month of next year. If it is not distributed by SUS (Unified Health System), Doria said that it already has a state vaccination plan drawn up, which has not yet been disclosed.
I ask if the members of the federal government do not see, do not read and do not register the fact that we have more than 500 Brazilians who die every day from covid-19. It is surprising this indifference, this distance and the lack of compassion for the life of Brazilians. “, Doria said during a press conference at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes, in São Paulo.
It is not the first time that Doria has given a date for the start of vaccination against covid-19 in the state. In September, when he signed the contract for the purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, he said that the intention was to start the vaccination campaign for health professionals in the state on December 15. However, the vaccine continues to be tested and must be authorized by Anvisa before being distributed and applied.
CoronaVac ticket lot arrived today
Previously, Doria went to Guarulhos (SP) airport to receive the first batch of supplies from CoronaVac, which will allow Butantan to fill one million doses of the vaccine. In November, the government had received the first 120,000 doses of the immunizer ready from China. The forecast is to have 46 million doses available next year. Doria’s team says that it is enough to immunize the population of the state of São Paulo.
“Why start in March if we can do it already in January? As other countries do now, in December. Are we going to lose another 60,000 lives to start immunization there?”
“In São Paulo, responsibly, following the law, we, next month, following the protocol with Anvisa, obeying the principles of protection of life, we will initiate the immunization of Brazilians in São Paulo in January. We will not wait for March,” he added Doria.
The governor promised the announcement of the state immunization program next week. “On the 7th we will present the complete state immunization program, precisely, with a schedule, sectors that will be prioritized, volumes of vaccines, regions, areas, logistics and security, “he said.” We have had a plan for just over 20 days. “
Yesterday, the federal government announced that vaccination against covid-19 will give priority to health professionals, the elderly over 75 years of age, indigenous people, teachers, security forces and prisoners, who are normally more vulnerable and exposed to the disease. The forecast is that the national campaign of the Ministry of Health will start in the first quarter of 2021.
“Perplexed”
The executive coordinator of the Coronavirus Contingency Center in São Paulo, João Gabbardo, also criticized the forecast for the start of the national vaccination campaign against covid-19.
“We are perplexed by the prognosis of the Ministry of Health to start vaccination in March. In January, we will have thousands of people who will be sick, who will be hospitalized, who will die, unfortunately. In January, we will have a vaccine in Brazil,” Gabbardo said. .
The São Paulo government continues to work with the forecast to deliver to Anvisa the results of the CoronaVac phase three study, which attest to the effectiveness of the vaccine, until mid-December. Therefore, the immunizer would have an authorization for emergency use from the federal agency in the first month of next year.
