Pazuello said the federal government will order all Covid-19 vaccines, says Caiado | Let’s go

OR G1 He discovered that the federal government is already working on a Provisional Measure related to vaccines, with the release of funds for the purchase of immunizers. The text is expected to be published soon.

After Caiado’s publication, the governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), criticized him by the journalist Natuza Nery: “Bolsonaro’s madness was adopted by Caiado. Sad is the country that has public men who think like that. Deny the pandemic, fomenting discord and abandoning its people ”.

“Brazilians wait for the doses of the vaccine, but the Union shows a dose of madness by proposing a deputy who provides for the confiscation of vaccines. This proposal is an attack on federalism. We will take care of saving lives and not political interests,” added Dória in a send.

During the event in Goiânia, Pazuello also stated that “the pandemic is not over.” The statement came a day after President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) claimed that Brazil is experiencing a “small end to a pandemic.”

“The pandemic is not over. Continue, we will live with the coronavirus. We will get closer to normal when we have the vaccines, the antivirals that effectively fight the disease,” Pazuello said.

Clashes with the federal government

In October, the Health Minister even announced, in a virtual meeting with more than 23 governors, the purchase of the immunizer. But less than 24 hours later, President Jair Bolsonaro rejected the acquisition.

On December 1, the federal government released the “preliminary” strategy to vaccinate Brazilians. In that calendar presented, CoronaVac, produced by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac in association with the Butantan Institute, was not mentioned by the Ministry of Health.

The next day, the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) said it would accept that companies that develop vaccines against Covid-19 request “emergency use” in Brazil and released the requirements for the application.

Due to the political confrontations, the government of São Paulo made the state vaccination program official, which will be carried out without the support of the federal government. Vaccination is expected to begin on January 25, 2021.

On Thursday (10), the agency approved the emergency use of the coronavirus vaccine, but no manufacturer obtained this authorization until the last update of this report. This morning, the Health Minister said, during the event in Goiânia, that “no state of the federation will be treated differently” and that “no Brazilian will have an advantage over other Brazilians,” he said.

During his speech, Pazuello added that he is already looking for resources to buy the necessary doses. “I also determined that we have contracts, initially not binding, but memoranda of understanding with all the vaccine manufacturers that are available in our country. […] The responsibility lies with the authorities that will be offering the vaccine, offering it free of charge and voluntarily, ”he said.

Despite the fact that Caiado defended the centralization of vaccines with the Ministry of Health, the mayor of Hidrolândia and president of the Association of Municipalities of Goiana (AGM), Paulo Sérgio Rezende, went to São Paulo, on Thursday, with the intention of ordering Coronavac dose. .

“The visit to São Paulo is to deliver the letter to the director of Butantan so that it can be taken care of, as soon as the vaccine is released through Anvisa, so that each municipality that wants to buy the vaccine, if it has economic conditions, gets in line “. , said.

The attitude was disapproved of by the governor of Goiás, who argues that the distribution of doses should be carried out by the federal government.

“Suddenly, demagogically, the president of the Association of Municipalities of Goiana says that he is also making a group of mayors to request the purchase. But buying what, where, from whom, if Butantan’s production is not from São Paulo, Fio Cruz’s is not from Rio de Janeiro. The production of these vaccines belongs to the Union ”, he said.

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