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One day after the start of the distribution of batches of vaccine against covid-19 to the states, a mayor of Sergipe and people from the interior of Pernambuco who were also not in the priority group for immunization were caught receiving the immunizer, which motivated an investigation. of promoters.
In the first stage of vaccination in the country, only first-line health professionals to combat covid-19 and the elderly are entitled to receive the immunizer.
However, in a video published by the G1 portal, the mayor of the municipality of Itabi (SE), Júnior de Amynthas, (DEM), 46, was seen taking the vaccine on Tuesday.
In a clarifying note released early in the afternoon on a social network, the Itabi Health Secretariat reported that the mayor was immunized “in an act to demonstrate the safety, legitimacy and efficacy of the vaccine, to encourage the population from Itabai to get vaccinated “. , in view of the existing fears in this regard ”.
In Pernambuco, the State Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement to inform that it is investigating a complaint, received by video, that a citizen outside the priority group of the national immunization plan received the dose of the vaccine. A report by Folha de S.Paulo mentioned that those vaccinated would be a municipal secretary from Jupi, in the interior of Pernambuco, and the municipal photographer from the mayor’s office.
The mayor of Natal (RN), Álvaro Dias (PSDB), came to publicly announce this Tuesday that he would be vaccinated against covid-19, even without falling into the priority group. After the reaction, he announced the withdrawal.
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