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BRASILIA – The new vaccine delivery schedule published Tuesday reduces the total doses expected for April by 10 million. The total number of vaccines for next month went from 57.1 million to 47.3 million.
The new forecast foresees the delivery until April 30 of 21.1 million of the Fiocruz / Oxford vaccine sent to Brazil. In the schedule presented last week by the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, there were 30 million doses. The delivery forecast for 1 million doses of the Pifzer / Biontech vaccine, recently contracted by the government, was also withdrawn.
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The folder also has the distribution of 8 million doses of Precis, a partner of Bharat Biotech in the production of the Indian vaccine Covaxin, but the pharmaceutical company does not have the endorsement of the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for emergency use. in Brazil. .
In negotiations for the purchase of vaccines, the government increased the forecast from 13 to 50 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine this year. The first shipment of 1 million doses is scheduled for July.
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Last week, Pazuello said it was normal to change the vaccine delivery schedule.
– The schedule will be changed when the pharmaceutical company does not deliver, when the production line stops, when there is some difficulty to legalize the doses – said the minister.
In a note, the Ministry of Health reinforced that it depends on the delivery of the quantity sent by the manufacturing laboratories. “This delivery schedule, delivered by suppliers to the Ministry, may vary depending on the production of vaccines,” says the text.
