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The plane that was in Recife and that would collect 2 million doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 in Mumbai, India, returned to Campinas in the early hours of Saturday (16). With the postponement of the trip to bring the immunizer to the country, it will be used to bring oxygen cylinders to hospitals in Manaus (AM), which is experiencing a collapse in health.
The Azul Linhas Aéreas A330neo aircraft, the company’s largest, took off at 3:58 am in Recife and landed at 6:43 am at Viracopos International Airport. The company’s forecast is that it will take off this Saturday with the cylinders bound for the capital of Amazonas.
Through a note, Azul reported that the request to bring oxygen to the capital of Amazonas was made by the Ministry of Health.
“The flight will be carried out by the same aircraft that would depart today [esta sexta] to Mumbai, India, as the mission will begin to be rescheduled as diplomatic issues between the two countries are resolved and doses of the Astrazeneca / Oxford vaccine can be brought to Brazil, “the airline statement said.
The company’s aircraft will carry its maximum capacity for this type of cargo, according to the note. “Our intention is to help Brazil and the Brazilians and we will do everything possible to offer logistical support in the transport of materials to combat Covid-19. We are ready to fly to India and also to transport whatever is necessary within Brazil, ”the company said in the statement.
Azul’s plane landed in Recife to get vaccinated in India – Photo: Disclosure / Azul
On Friday (15), President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) stated that he will delay the departure of the separate plane from Brazil by up to three days to search India for 2 million doses acquired from the Indian Serum laboratory. The takeoff from Recife to Bombay was scheduled for 11pm.
The operation ran into the international logistics bureaucracy between the governments of the two countries. The president said, in an interview with TV Bandeirantes, that “political pressure” in India has delayed the departure of the Brazilian plane.
On Thursday, an Indian spokesman said “it is too early to give an answer” on exports to Brazil and other countries.
Oxford vaccine (AstraZeneca): The photo shows a volunteer receiving the vaccine at a hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2020 – Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko / Pool via AP
India, with a population of 1.3 billion, started its own vaccination campaign the same week that the Brazilian government decided to send the plane to Bombay.
The 2 million doses of Oxford vaccine are part of an import batch requested by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation from the Serum Laboratory. India accounts for approximately 60% of the vaccines used in the world.
In Brazil, it is also planned to use 6 million doses of Coronavac, a vaccine produced by the Butantan Institute with technology from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac. However, there is no approval of any immunizing agent in Brazil.
- Ministry of Health asks Butantan for the ‘immediate’ delivery of 6 million doses
The National Health Surveillance Agency scheduled the meeting of its board of directors for Sunday (17) to deliberate on requests for emergency authorization of these two vaccines.
