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“The pandemic is ending, I think he [João Doria] wants to forcibly vaccinate staff [contra a vontade] Quick, because the pandemic will end and he will say: ‘It’s over because of my vaccine.’ What is ending is his government, for sure, ”Bolsonaro said, in a conversation with supporters in Brasilia, quoted by the local press.
“You have a somewhat authoritarian governor. He even wants the vaccine to have a hard time. What do I see in the topic of the pandemic? She leaves, it’s over, we see it in the history books and he [Doria] you want to speed up a vaccine now, you said you were going to vaccinate 46 million, right? I don’t know, he doesn’t have the authority to do it and, in my opinion, it’s arbitrary, ”added the head of state.
Although Jair Bolsonaro says that the pandemic is coming to an end, Europe is going through a second wave of infections and Brazil is still the Portuguese-speaking country most affected by the pandemic and one of the most affected in the world, accounting for the second number of deaths (approximately 5.5 million cases and 158,969 deaths), after the United States of America.
Butantan, an institute linked to the government of São Paulo, has an agreement with the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for the development and production of the Coronavac vaccine, which is still in the third phase of testing, but is already the target of a strong political dispute in Brazil.
Governor João Doria has established himself as Bolsonaro’s political opponent, with whom he has been fighting since the beginning of the pandemic, in a controversy that was aggravated by the Coronavac immunization, after the Brazilian head of state refused to invest in this vaccine from which São Paulo will buy 46 million doses.
“I don’t know what adjective I would give to anyone who wants to get the vaccine at a bad time. He is already talking about applying a vaccine that is not 100% scientifically proven, different from the hydroxychloroquine that has existed for almost 70 years in Brazil, “added Bolsonaro, defending once again the drug that is normally used to combat diseases such as malaria, but without scientific evidence against covid-19.
On October 16, João Doria declared that vaccination against the new coronavirus in São Paulo will be mandatory, except for people who have a restriction verified by a doctor. The head of state, who is skeptical about the severity of the pandemic, said he would not force anyone to take the vaccine in the country.
The Coronavac vaccine has been heavily politicized in Brazil.
The Government of São Paulo signed a contract with Sinovac that included the purchase and distribution of 46 million doses of the immunizer.
For his part, the Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, announced last week the intention of the central government to buy another 46 million doses of the Chinese formula, still under study.
However, Bolsonaro dismissed his minister and vetoed the purchase of Coronavac, arguing that the immunizer had not even passed the clinical testing phase.
The refusal of the Brazilian head of state contrasts with another agreement – signed by his Government with the University of Oxford and with the AstraZeneca laboratory – for the purchase of 100 million doses of the vaccine, which both institutions develop and which is in the same . phase of studies than the immunizer Sinovac.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 1.1 million deaths and more than 45.1 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.
