President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) said this Friday (24) he had already participated in the Ministry of Health’s public consultation on child vaccination, and defended the proposal by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, to demand a medical prescription to vaccinate children of 5 to 11 years.
“I am not a doctor, but I have an 11-year-old daughter. But I had already answered, I have a doctor by my side here [governador de Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado]. I think that any procedure has to go through the hands of the doctor, ok?”, the president told reporters at Palácio da Alvorada.
The directive announced by Queiroga the day before responds precisely to a request made by the president. Over the weekend, Bolsonaro had said he had asked the minister to demand a prescription and parents’ disclaimer to implement the measure.
The head of the Executive also said that he participated in the public consultation of the Ministry of Health.
“It’s a cool thing, it’s already done naturally. I, in fact, just participated. I filled it out, as a citizen, I gave my opinion,” he said.
The questionnaire about vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 against Covid-19 went live this morning and was out of the air for about four hours. The Ministry of Health has not yet informed why the form is unavailable. The consultation would be open until January 2nd.
The questionnaire consists of 19 questions, some in line with what the ministry has said about vaccination for this audience, as a requirement for a medical prescription to immunize children.
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