The Senate approved this Thursday (12) a provisional measure that authorizes the federal government to donate vaccines against Covid-19 to other countries, as part of humanitarian aid.
The proposal was symbolically approved by the senators and now goes straight to promulgation.
The text of the provisional measure gives permission for the Executive Branch to donate immunizations to the countries most affected by the new coronavirus pandemic. Donations will be made through the Ministry of Health, but the costs may be incurred by both the Brazilian government and the country of destination.
It will also be up to the Ministry of Health, after consulting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to define the amount of vaccines that will be donated and the countries that will receive them.
One of the articles of the provisional measure only determines that the donation of immunizers cannot cause damage to the National Vaccination Operational Plan against Covid-19.
The text of the provisional measure states that the lack of fair and equitable access to vaccines against Covid-19 by the countries of the world makes it difficult to overcome the pandemic and the crises that result from it, in addition to allowing the emergence of new variants.
It is also justified that the current scenario of vaccination in Brazil allows the country to collaborate with the immunization campaigns of other countries, which are delayed, in terms of humanitarian aid.
Currently, 84% of the vaccinated population has received at least the first dose in Brazil and 76.8% have completed the vaccination cycle, according to data from the consortium of press vehicles.
“To get an idea of the seriousness of the situation, UNICEF data indicate that countries such as Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal received doses equivalent to more than 170% of their respective populations, while Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Cameroon and Yemen received doses corresponding to less than 6% of their inhabitants”, said the rapporteur of the proposal in the Senate, Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO), while reading his report.
“Brazil, in turn, is in the select group of countries with, proportionally, the highest number of doses in relation to the population: 148%”, he added.
Brazil had already announced in December that it would donate 10 million doses. On the occasion, Minister Marcelo Queiroga also added that the objective would be to increase the quantity.
“I am immensely pleased to signal that, at this first moment, we will offer 10 million doses in donation through the Covax Facility initiative, with a margin of reaching up to 30 million doses of immunizations donated to those in a situation of greater vulnerability”, said the minister in an interview. the press.
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