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President Jair Bolsonaro (without party) said in his live on Thursday (11) that no one did anything wrong or there was a waste of resources in the production of chloroquine tablets, because, in addition to Covid-19, a disease for which the In medicine there is no scientific proof of effect, there are other diseases treated with the substance, such as malaria and lupus.
TO leaf revealed that the Ministry of Health used Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) for the production of 4 million chloroquine tablets, with the use of emergency public resources directed to actions against Covid-19 and with the intended destination of the drug to patients with coronavirus .
The documents in the folder obtained by the report, dated June 29 and October 6, show the production of chloroquine and also oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu) by Fiocruz, intended for patients with Covid-19. The two drugs are not effective against Covid-19, according to studies.
The money that financed the production came from the MP (Provisional Measure) No. 940, published on April 2 by President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) for the emergency confrontation of the new coronavirus, as recorded in the two documents sent by the Ministry of Health to the MPF (Federal Public Ministry) in Brasilia. The MP opened an extraordinary loan, in favor of the ministry, worth R $ 9.44 billion.
“There is a lot of controversy about hydroxychloroquine, over manufactured, spent, it was Covid money, it wasn’t. Guys, there is Covid there, other diseases continue. It’s not just Covid. Malaria continues. Lupus continues. We have it here, on average, 200 thousand cases of malaria in Brazil. I don’t know how many pills a person takes to take care of malaria. But many people, in the Amazon region, take preventive measures, “said Bolsonaro.
In the broadcast, the president said that “there are many doctors who use hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin for early treatment” and that the production of pills is of the order of 13 million, valid for four years.
“No one is doing anything wrong or throwing it away,” Bolsonaro said.
A document from the Ministry of Health, sent to MPF (Federal Public Ministry) on February 4, indicates the distribution of chloroquine produced by Fiocruz to patients with Covid-19, and not within the national malaria control program, as planned. originally.
This document also contradicts the ministry, which told the press that it did not complete the acquisition of the drug to distribute it within the policy to combat the new coronavirus.
Live, Bolsonaro also said that he will hold a conversation on Friday (12) with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, to discuss the use of an aerosol that has been tested in the country on patients in advanced stage of Covid-19.
“There is no scientific proof, just as the vaccines still do not have a definitive certificate. It is in the same situation as this other drug and it has worked in many cases,” Bolsonaro said, making a false equivalence with the immunizers used against Covid-19.
Bolsonaro also took advantage of the broadcast to complain about the criticism he claims to receive from the Maranhão government on the role of the federal government in dealing with the health crisis. The president suggested that he could call the state Federal Police.
“It was almost R $ 300 million specifically for ICU beds. Where are the ICU beds? Is it all over? The secretary says we are not helping. Where did this money go? The clean dishes, since they are not he has, and he was given the money, where did this resource go? ”he said.
