STF denies ANVISA s Sputnik V vaccine analysis deadline
STF denies ANVISA s Sputnik V vaccine analysis deadline
Brasilia, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Brazil s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has denied the request from the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) on Monday to suspend the deadline on importing doses of Russia s Sputnik V vaccine. Earlier this month, STF Judge Ricardo Lewandowski established a deadline (through the end of April) for ANVISA to decide on the exceptional and temporary imports of Sputnik V vaccine doses.
The decision came after a lawsuit filed by the Government of Maranhao that reported negotiating 4.5 million Sputnik V doses.
Lewandowski authorized, in addition to Maranhao, that the states of Ceara, Piaui and Amapa can also import the Russian vaccine if the agency does not adopt the protocol.