The new health minister has said that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be made annually for a high-risk group

247 – The new Minister of Health and Environmental Control at the Ministry of Health, Ethel Maciel, said that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be available every year for people in the priority group, such as the elderly, people with weakened immunity, and health professionals. The vaccine was not part of the annual vaccination schedule in the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government.

“Now, effectively, Covid has entered our vaccination department. The department has just received a large purchase of doses which, in principle, will cover these priority groups,” Ethel said in an interview with the BBC. The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

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“The idea is that the campaign follows the same priority groups of influenza, which are most at risk, such as health professionals, the immunosuppressed, and the elderly. Initially, it will be a booster dose with the bivalent vaccine,” he added.

According to the secretary, one of the priorities of the portfolio is to increase the coverage of all vaccinations. “We have the largest immunization program in the world and we’ve always set an example. Unfortunately, we’re coming out of this pandemic like this… I think saying ‘scratch’ is too little. Until we can restore confidence.” [na vacinação]”, He said.

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