Senate approves temporary measure authorizing government to donate COVID vaccines to other countries | Policy

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The project, according to the government, will not harm the vaccination of the Brazilian population.

“With regard to prioritizing the immunization of the Brazilian population, Brazil is in a position to cooperate with immunization campaigns in other countries that may be delayed in this regard, as part of international humanitarian cooperation, so that the urgency and relevance is re-emphasized,” argued the Ministry of Health , when referring the procedure to the Presidency of the Republic.

In the Senate, one amendment has been submitted for this matter. The proposal, made by Senator Rose de Freitas (MDB-ES), would require the government to publish information online about the recipient countries of the given vaccines.

Rapporteur Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO), however, rejected the proposal on the grounds that transparency and publicity were indeed principles of public administration, making this prediction “unnecessary”.

According to the temporary measure, donations will be made in a term to be expected by the Executive Authority through the Ministry of Health. It is also up to the Department to determine the amounts and recipients of the immunization agents, after hearing from the State Department.

The donation will not be made until the beneficiary country expresses its desire.

Expenses related to the transportation of vaccines must be paid by the state that will receive the donation or, otherwise, there must be a specified space in the destination’s federal budget.