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The governors met this Monday (8) with the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, in Rio de Janeiro, to try to sign a national pact to combat the worst moment of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The group – led by the governor of Piauí, Wellington Dias (PT), and made up of 22 heads of state executives – maintains that the pact must include the participation of Congress and the federal government for the adoption of joint policies against the coronavirus -among that, measures that restrict the movement of people. But President Jair Bolsonaro ruled out the possibility of joining the pact and said he would not enact a blockade in the country.
Among the proposals presented by the governors, there are restrictions on the opening of trade and the movement of people, in addition to greater agility in the National Immunization Plan against Covid-19 to try to reduce infections. The objective is to face the worst moment of the pandemic in the country, which has been registering pollution and death records, in addition to the lack of ICUs in the states to care for the most serious patients.
In an interview with Globo News, Wellington Dias, representative of the Governors’ Forum, affirmed that the group’s objective is to articulate the support of restrictive measures throughout the national territory.
According to him, the transmissibility of the virus needs to be cut at the national level and the ideal is to follow the models applied in other countries, with the central power at the forefront of actions. “The United States did not [medidas restritivas nacionais] at the time of Trump, but they are doing it now with Joe Biden, “Dias said.
According to him, the proposal is endorsed by 22 governors, including Bolsonaro’s allies, such as the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado; from Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro; and from Paraná, Ratinho Jr.
Only the governors of Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins have not yet joined the pact. Asked about the few governors who did not sign the pact, Dias was incisive in stating that these states must reach critical situations very soon. “Who has not yet collapsed, will.”
The leader of the Governors’ Forum also guaranteed that the restrictive measures advocated by the group are a life-long pact. According to him, a good example of the union of the states came with the carnival. “We managed to suspend carnival events throughout Brazil, including not having public funding for events, avoiding crowds. It was a step. It was national, ”Wellington Dias said.
“Now the idea is also to have a national restriction (…), to establish the format so that we can stop the coronavirus with it. It does not help my state to do it and the other does not. This is what I call cleaning the ice, or that is, we must cut the transmissibility at the national level ”, added the governor of Piauí.
At least half of the federative units in Brazil are already applying more severe restrictions, such as curfews, the closure of non-essential services and the interruption of face-to-face classes. But the group of governors considers that this is still not enough.
The objective of adopting restrictive measures throughout the country is to reduce the occupation of hospital beds by patients in Covid-19 while the country increases the number of vaccinated. “The goal is to reach 50 million by vaccinating 50 million, which is this group at greatest risk,” [pessoas com] people over 60 years of age or comorbidities, because it represents 70% of hospitalizations and 70% of deaths ”.
Bolsonaro rules out restrictive measures: “I will not decree”
Bolsonaro ruled out on Monday (8) the possibility of enacting restrictive measures. “Some want me to enact a closure. I am not going to enact it and of one thing I can be sure: my army does not go out to force people to stay at home,” Bolsonaro said in a conversation with supporters at the Palácio. da Alvorada.
“It seems that the wave of closures is returning,” Bolsonaro said. “Let’s see how far Brazil can go in this situation.” “I want peace, tranquility, democracy, respect for institutions, but some are exaggerating it,” Bolsonaro told his supporters. “People will become aware of what needs to be done. At the right time, everything will happen.”
There has yet been no reaction from the group of governors to Bolsonaro’s refusal to adopt restrictive measures throughout the country. But in theory, states can establish these measures independently of the federal government, as the Federal Supreme Court (STF) has given governors and mayors the ability to adopt their own measures to combat the coronavirus.
The governors also want “permission” to buy vaccines and agility from Anvisa
The national pact against the pandemic also aims to try to articulate with the federal government and Congress a “permit” so that states and municipalities can make the direct purchase of vaccines, without interference from the Union.
The purchase of vaccines by states and municipalities has met with resistance in the Plateau, but was recently authorized by the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The Court’s understanding is that states and municipalities can purchase and distribute vaccines if the Ministry of Health does not comply or does not comply with the National Immunization Plan (PNI) or in case the coverage planned by the portfolio is not sufficient.
The governor of Piauí also criticized the “slowness” of the authorization process of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for the approval of vaccines in Brazil. According to him, it is important to “accelerate” the release of immunizers. “Nor can we have a war operation here and Anvisa with requirements that are adequate for [períodos de] normality ”. He cited the case of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, which is already used in several countries and is not yet authorized in Brazil.
Another concern is the delay and cancellation in the delivery of supplies for the production of the immunizer in Brazil. Recently, the Ministry of Health had to change the schedule for sending vaccines to the states again in March, as the government of India has been making it difficult to export raw materials to vaccinate the population first.
Wellington Dias also affirmed that the governors’ forum intends to dialogue with international organizations and governments to try to accelerate the vaccination process in Brazil, including the United States. “The World Health Organization (WHO) and the whole world see Brazil as the center of the pandemic and the place of risk. But we also want to be rescued. That we have this support and support is more vaccine so that we can get out of this situation, ”he emphasized.
