The Federal 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 international humanitarian cooperation. The text now goes to promulgation, as there was no change in the text coming from the Executive.
According to the MP, donations must be made possible through specific terms signed through the Ministry of Health.
The department will be responsible for defining the amount of donations and their recipients after consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
No donation can cause damage to the vaccination process of the Brazilian population, says the text. Donations can only be made after an expression of interest on the part of the beneficiary country and the agreement to receive them.
For Senator Vanderlan Cardoso, rapporteur of the matter, there will be no harm to Brazil with these donations, even more with the limited access of other countries to these immunizing agents.
“The urgency and relevance of the MPV stem from the fact that the lack of fair and equitable access to vaccines against Covid-19 makes it difficult to overcome the global pandemic scenario and the resulting crises, as well as favoring the emergence of new variants of the new coronavirus. ”, justified in the report
Expenses with the transport of immunizers must be financed by the country that will receive the donations, through budget allocations from the federal government or other collaborators, it establishes.
The rapporteur rejected a suggestion for an amendment that required the Union to publish information on the countries benefiting from vaccines on the internet.
For him, this is already a role of public administration. “Despite the relevance of the initiative, it is important to remember that transparency and publicity are principles already covered by the rules that govern Public Administration in Brazil, and their inclusion is, in our view, unnecessary”, he concluded.
In a previous demonstration, the Ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs agreed that it is important to expand global access to vaccines against Covid-19 to combat the pandemic.
The folders highlighted that sufficient doses have already been distributed for the vaccination of all groups initially provided for in the national vaccination plan, as well as booster doses for the population over 18 years of age.
Thus, they considered that Brazil would be able to collaborate with immunization in countries still with low vaccination coverage.
*With information from the Senate Agency
Source: CNN Brasil
