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In response to the Butantan Institute, the Ministry of Health again requested the immediate delivery of 6 million doses of Coronavac and said that the São Paulo government cannot separate the amount that will go to the state in the national immunization plan against Covid-19 Depending on the portfolio, it depends on the operational plan.
The letter was sent to the Butantan Institute after the organism linked to the government of São Paulo responded to the folder requesting that 6 million doses of the immunizer be delivered to the federal government.
The Ministry of Health turned to Butantan after the federal government frustrated its plans to send a plane to India to collect 2 million doses of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine, which in Brazil will be produced by Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation).
In the first letter with the requisition, Saúde said that he needs to make “the proper subdivision to start the logistics of distribution for all the states of the federation simultaneously and equitably.”
In response, Butantan said that it was billing the amount demanded by Salud, but asked to be informed of the amount of doses that will be destined for the state of São Paulo.
With this, the institute wants the vaccines for the population of São Paulo to remain with the state authorities.
“We await guidance from V. Senhoria on the start of the vaccination campaign, with confirmation of the date and defined times, considering that it must occur simultaneously in all the states of Brazil,” said Butantan.
The response generated a new letter from Health, which said that the responsibility for preparing, updating and coordinating the National Plan for the Operationalization of vaccination against Covid-19 rests with the portfolio.
“We cannot delegate the distribution of vaccines, mainly due to the exceptional state that the country is experiencing due to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus,” he said in the document.
The folder also confirmed that the vaccines must be delivered to the Jardim Santa Vicência, in Guarulhos, São Paulo, as provided in the contract.
“There is a need for the immediate delivery of the 6 million doses so that the dose distribution schedule is not compromised and there is no delay in the start of vaccination of the Brazilian population, emphasizing that all stages of distribution will count with the support of the Ministry of Defense. “, said.
The São Paulo government is reluctant to hand over the lot that belongs to the state to the federal authorities and the impasse could end in the courts.
Eduardo Pazuello’s portfolio maintains that the doses must be delivered immediately, since they were purchased for the National Immunization Plan.
The letter came after the Indian government denied the immediate delivery of a batch of Covid-19 immunizers from Oxford / AstraZeneca to Brazil, which thwarted an operation prepared to collect the material in the Asian country this weekend and should result in a political defeat for the Planalto Palace.
On Thursday night (14), Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo called the Foreign Minister of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and made a final call for the release of 2 million vaccines produced by the Serum Institute.
The batch would be an advance of the immunizer that Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) will later produce and that is the great bet of the Bolsonaro government in the “war of vaccines” that it is waging with Doria.
However, Araújo heard from his counterpart that the situation would only be resolved “in the next few days,” which was understood in Itamaraty as a sign that there will be no release within the term desired by Brazil. There was no commitment for a specific date.
The Asian country’s argument is that it is not possible to authorize the transaction until the vaccination campaign has begun in its own population.
Communication with the Indian thwarted Bolsonaro’s plans to send a plane to India to pick up the cargo.
The Azul airline plane is in Recife ready to take off, but will remain on the ground as long as there is no green light from New Delhi.
In a note released late on Friday (15), Azul said that “he is ready to collect the batch of two million doses of the vaccine developed by Astrazeneca / Oxford in Mumbai, India, and that he awaits the diplomatic definition between the Brazil and the Indian government. “
Araújo’s call was the second high-level contact that Brazil made with India to try to free the sale of the lot. In the last 8, Bolsonaro sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, asking for urgency and help so that the delivery is released.
The government promised the departure of the aircraft for the night of this Friday (15), with the return scheduled for Sunday (17).
