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Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the country's Solicitor General has revealed.
Sidelining experts, Brazil bungled its immunization plans
by Diane Jeantet And DéBora áLvares, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 16, 2021 8:09 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 16, 2021 at 8:14 am EDT
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2020 file photo, a woman participates in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro s handling of the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazilia, Brazil. The country hasn t approved a single vaccine yet, and independent health experts who participated in its immunization program say the plan is still incomplete, at best. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
RIO DE JANEIRO Like many Brazilian public health experts, Dr. Regina Flauzino spent most of 2020 watching with horror as COVID-19 devastated Brazil. When the opportunity to join the government’s vaccination effort came, she was thrilled: She would be able to share her decades of on-the-ground experience.
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BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - Brazil’s Supreme Court has granted permission for local governments to introduce measures for compulsory vaccination against COVID-19. It was understood that governments at federal, state, and municipal levels may impose legal measures for making vaccination mandatory, even though they cannot force citizens to take the vaccine, Agencia Brasil reports. Related news
The case received preventive consideration from the top court on Thursday (Dec. 17). Thus far, none of the laboratory developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus has requested authorization from Brazil’s national sanitary regulator Anvisa for commercialization.
After the decision, no law may order citizens to be taken to receive the vaccine by force, but it may stipulate a restriction of rights if citizens fail to demonstrate they have been vaccinated like not being allowed to file for a benefit, or bei
Brazil s government presents vaccination plan to fight Covid-19
Brazil s government presents vaccination plan to fight Covid-19
Brasilia, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Government will present on Wednesday the National Vaccination Plan to fight Covid-19, in the presence of President Jair Bolsonaro, who authorized the purchase of any vaccine if it receives approval from the country s health regulatory authorities.
Such announcement surprised governors who had scheduled a meeting this Wednesday with Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, who invited them at Planalto Palace, seat of Presidency, for the launch ceremony of the program.
Amid pressure, the Ministry of Health informed that it predicts to vaccinate risk groups and the population in general against the pathogen in about 16 months after the vaccine is approved, according to extracts from the vaccination plan.