Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Friday this new logistical delay in searching for two million doses of vaccine against vaccine in the AstraZeneca laboratory made in India, news that stimulated even more a day of protests that took place in several cities . .
“Everything has been successful to have two million doses available. Only today, at this very moment, vaccination begins in India. It is a country with a billion (inhabitants). So it has been postponed for a day or two until people start to be vaccinated there, “Bolsonaro said in an interview with TV Bandeirantes.
Brazil, one of the three countries most affected by the new coronavirus pandemic in absolute numbers, along with the United States and India, have staged an operation to bring two million doses of immunizer to the country this week and make the vaccine official. in a single act that is scheduled for next Wednesday in Brasilia.
However, the government announced on Thursday that the aircraft would remain in the country for another day to complete logistical and protocol details with the Indian government, while the president acknowledged today that the operation would be postponed for a few more days.
“There is also political pressure on both sides. I see that, but in two or three days, at most, our plane will leave and bring those two million vaccines here,” Bolsonaro said.
Brazil, which has surpassed 208,000 covid-19-related deaths and has nearly 8.4 million confirmed cases, plans to start vaccinating across its territory next Wednesday, although no vaccine has been approved by the health regulatory agency until the moment.
cacerolazo
Through social networks, non-governmental organizations, social movements and various parties called for a day of cacerolazos that was felt in various cities across the country.
The mobilization was led by the chaotic situation in the northern state of Amazonas, mainly its capital Manaus, which is suffering from a serious crisis due to the lack of hospital beds and oxygen to treat patients.
The pans resounded loudly in various Brazilian cities, in protest against Bolsonaro and in denouncing his lack of management in the face of the pandemic, as well as his denial and delay in starting vaccination.
Demonstrations were held in cities such as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife Curitiba and the capital Brasilia, among others, under the cries “Out with Bolsonaro”, “Bolsonaro genocide” and “Vacuna ya”.
Likewise, various personalities demonstrated on social networks and raised their voices against the president and the serious situation the country is going through.
Among them, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who expressed in a message on his Twitter account “anxiety, concern and outrage” about the “situation of the people of Manaus”.
“Manaus is facing an unprecedented human tragedy in its history, predicted by the collapse of the health system at the beginning of this pandemic,” added Lula, who thanked the mobilization of artists, governors of other states and Venezuela, who offered to supply the missing oxygen in hospitals.
“From day one as President of the Republic, Bolsonaro insults artists and culture, governors and the Venezuelan people,” said Lula, who thanked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for his solidarity.