A nurse, first vaccinated in Brazil and the first step in a massive campaign

A 54-year-old nurse on Sunday became the first coronavirus vaccine in Brazil, immediately after the country’s health regulator (Anvisa) authorized the emergency use of two immunizers.

Monica calazans, an intensive care nurse at Emilio Ribas hospital, received the dose of Chinese CoronaVac vaccine, during a ceremony in the presence of the Governor of Sao Paulo, Joao Doria.

Brazilian Minister of Health Eduardo Pazuello announced that the vaccination campaign will officially begin on Wednesday 20 at 10 a.m. and described as “marketing movement“The first dose was applied to the nurse on Sunday. Distribution vaccines in the 27 states It will take place from Monday.

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The announcement was made shortly after the health regulator (Anvisa) authorize the emergency use of the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac and the British AstraZeneca / Oxford against covid-19, the first to get the green light in this country which is already accumulating nearly 210,000 deaths due to the pandemic.

But only the first, produced by the Chinese firm Sinovac in association with the Butantan Institute, of the state of Sao Paulo, is currently available in Brazil.
The other, from the British laboratory AstraZeneca / Oxford (with the Fiocruz Foundation of the Brazilian Ministry of Health), suffered shipping delays to the South American country.

he President Jair Bolsonaro He had had derogatory comments about the Chinese vaccine, promoted by Governor Doria, which is emerging as one of its main opponents in the 2022 election.

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Doria in her speech criticized the “denial”, referring to the president’s stance of downplaying the impact of the pandemic and criticizing social distancing measures and the use of masks, which he has come to see as “queer”.

“It is a conquest that strengthens millions of Brazilians, men and women who had the courage to confront deniers, fake news, absurdities and insults, who knew how to defend social distancing, the use of masks and freeze “Doria declared.

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