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The Butantan Institute, of the government of São Paulo, established the cost of each dose of Coronavac at US $ 10.30, equivalent to R $ 51.88 in the dollar price of this Thursday (10), which closed at R $ 5 ., 0376. Thus, the 440 thousand doses that Espírito Santo intends to acquire to vaccinate, mainly, health and security professionals of the State against Covid-19, have an estimated cost of R $ 22.83 million to the public coffers .
At a press conference this Thursday, the president of the institute, Dimas Covas, highlighted that the value was defined based on production costs, plus a portion for reimbursement from both Butantan and Sinovac, a Chinese company entitled to royalties for the transfer of technology in development. of the vaccine.
For the states that expressed interest in buying the vaccine directly from the São Paulo government, as is the case of Espírito Santo, Covas affirmed that the dose is the same and that the institute has even prepared a spreadsheet that describes all production costs .
Asked about the possibility of an agreement to reduce the amount, the state government, through its advisory services, clarified that negotiations with São Paulo have not yet begun and that, at this time, a consultation was held on the availability of 440 thousand doses. .
In his social networks, Governor Renato Casagrande (PSB) stressed that he hopes that the Ministry of Health will coordinate the immunization plan in the country, but that the State will also adopt the necessary measures to guarantee vaccination in the territory of Espírito Santo.
In a note, the state government reported that Espírito Santo participates in the national mobilization for the guarantee of a vaccine against Covid-19 sufficient to immunize the Brazilian population until 2021. In the process of mobilization, the possibility of making available enough vaccines for the health and public safety workers of Espírito Santo to be immunized with the vaccine produced by the Butantan Institute.
“On Thursday (10) a consultation was formalized with the Butantan Institute on the availability of 440 thousand doses of vaccines necessary to vaccinate all health and public security workers in the State of Espírito Santo. The Government of Espírito Santo will take all the possible measures to make vaccines viable in all capixabas ”, concludes the note.
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