At the time of laboratory exchange, health receives updated doses of Covidi vaccine; understand

Ten days ago, the folder had warned that there could be a temporary interruption of the distribution of the immunior; Rio interrupted the vaccination

After the supplier’s laboratory exchange, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday 1, who received over 1.3 million doses of the updated vaccine against the COVID-19. The doses of Pfizer they were received in Guarulhos.

“This delivery took place in 14 days. It was a record, even faster than during the pandemic period,” said health minister Alexandre Padilha.

The delivery, which is part of a first shipment, which provided for 7.4 million doses, occurs ten days after the folder sent a technical note to the states and municipalities that inform about the exchange and warning that there could be “punctual interruption of the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine for the population over 12 years in some locations in the next three weeks”.

This week was interrupted in vaccination in a capital, Rio de Janeiro.

Understand the laboratory exchange

In 2024, the Zalika companies, which represent the Indian laboratory improt, and Pfizer, won the offers of the Ministry of Health (trading session) to provide Cavid vaccines for the National Immunization Program (PNI). The first was responsible for the supply of doses for adults for 12 years, while the second, for the pediatric public (from 6 months to 11 years).

The announcement and the contracts have a clause that obliges winning companies to provide the vaccines with updated strains at the request of the folder. In October last year, the first execution of the trading session took place. The vaccines updates approved by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) were for the XBB type. According to the note, Zalika made the first delivery of 3 million doses in December.

For subsequent deliveries, however, the Ministry has requested both companies to provide vaccines with the tension of JN.1 in their composition, the highest of -tata.

Zalika presented the request to update her new immunner in December in Anvisa. To continue the vaccination campaign during the Agency’s analysis period, the Ministry of Health claims to have distributed a stock of modern vaccines.

Anvisa did not approve the update twice. One on January 30th and another, after a new analysis, on March 13th. The company was prevented from providing vaccines to the Ministry.

The folder had to start a transition process of suppliers and contracts and called second place in the offer process for the continuity of the offer. In this case, Pfizer herself. The contract was signed on April 14th.

The contract provides for the offer of 57 million doses, in remittances, according to the accession of the population to the vaccination campaign, with forecasts to perform up to two years.

Source: Terra

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