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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), said today that he defends the distribution of CoronaVac, a vaccine against covid-19 developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac in alliance with the Butantan Institute, for all Brazilians if approved by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). Maia participated in a press conference with the Governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes.
The deputy said that the moment is for dialogue between all parties and reported that he received contacts from other deputies who support the national distribution of the immunizer. Doria, at the end of the press conference, said he was “open to dialogue.”
This week, the CoronaVac distribution was at the center of a new confrontation between President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) and the governor of São Paulo. Behind the scenes, the comment that the race for the vaccine against covid-19 took on the air of an electoral race gains strength.
Maia defended the distribution by the SUS (Unified Health System) of the vaccine against covid-19 developed and tested by the Butantan Institute and the Sinovac laboratory.
“I am sure that the president will listen to our calls and we will not need another way. The president has had a good dialogue with Parliament, it has been positive, and this can be a good instrument to organize the disorganized, but it must be organized.” . Brazilians should have the right to the vaccine, “Maia said.
The mayor recalled that CoronaVac has yet to be approved by Anvisa. If this happens, he says he will work to make this vaccine and other immunizations against COVID-19 available in the public health system.
“When she [Coronavac] It is approved and authorized by Anvisa that we can achieve with dialogue with the president, with the Ministry of Health, that dialogue already exists, with the National Congress, it can authorize not only this vaccine for Brazilians, but all the vaccines that are approved “he said Maia.
The call for dialogue marked Maia’s demonstrations during the interview. He even called Doria “ally” and “friend”, but said that does not mean that he is “against the federal government.” The deputy avoided criticizing Bolsonaro and said that his mission will be to seek the best understanding between the parties.
“It is up to us to build a path to vaccinate all Brazilians. I prefer to continue in the line of expanding dialogue. São Paulo has made a great effort, like Fiocruz [responsável pelos testes com a AstraZeneca, outra vacina que está na fase final de testes] has done, to save life and return to normality, “he said.
Despite criticizing Bolsonaro several times during the press conference, Doria said that he is “open to dialogue” and “building a program that allows Brazilians to save themselves with the vaccine, with the correct orientation, with compassion, moving away from positions. ideological “. “The president only has to invite me and I will be in Brasilia for dialogue. Immediately. I am willing to dialogue and invite you, the president, to do the same.”
In addition to defending internal dialogue, Maia also avoided indisposition with another country involved in this week’s discussions. “Brazil No I don’t have to have a problem with China, “he said.
Plateau’s alignment with the United States means there are reservations for China, the country of the Sinovac laboratory.
Mandatory vaccination?
Asked about Doria’s defense of the mandatory vaccine, Rodrigo Maia declined to comment. “From a technical point of view, I have no way of saying if it has to be mandatory. It is not for me to argue.”
But, later, the deputy reaffirmed the previous position that CoronaVac or any other vaccine that has the approval of Anvisa be distributed to all Brazilians. “All the Brazilians, with an approved vaccine, should have the right to this vaccine, “he said.
Announcement and indentation
During the week, CoronaVac became the main subject of the dispute between Doria and President Jair Bolsonaro. On Tuesday (20), the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, announced during a videoconference with 24 governors the intention to buy the first 46 million doses of CoronaVac that should be available by December. Doria even celebrated the announcement, as did other governors.
However, on Wednesday morning (21), Bolsonaro said that he did not approve the agreement and said that he had canceled the purchase, rejecting Pazuello. Shortly after the statement, Maia canceled a meeting she had arranged with Doria in Brasilia, citing indisposition. The governor of São Paulo continued to fulfill his agenda in the federal capital and criticized Bolsonaro’s attitude on several occasions.
Bolsonaro repeated that the vaccine is Chinese and has not yet been approved by Anvisa. However, the federal government has already committed to investing almost R $ 2 billion in the Oxford vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and by the Astrazeneca laboratory, which is also in testing, such as CoronaVac.
The day before yesterday, Doria gave the federal government a 48-hour period, which ends today, to reverse the breach of the agreement made by CoronaVac.
Yesterday, Pazuello, who is recovering from covid-19, said together with Bolsonaro that “one commands, the other obeys,” indicating that he will not question the president’s decision on the Butantan vaccine.
