Covid: Ministry of Health prepares scheme to distribute 1st shipment of Moderna vaccines | Health

Moderna’s Covid vaccines arrive in Brazil Disclosure/Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health is preparing the distribution scheme for the first shipment of doses of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19, received in São Paulo, this Thursday (2). A batch with 1.4 million doses of the vaccine was delivered.

This was the first delivery of the purchase of 12.5 million doses from Moderna, scheduled to be delivered in 2024. According to the Ministry of Health, the distribution of vaccines from this first batch should take place in the next few days, but the date has not been announced. According to the ministry, the next batch should arrive in Brazil this week, containing 1 million more vaccines.

The pharmaceutical company obtained authorization to apply the vaccine in March this year. Then, during the purchasing process, there was a dispute between Pfizer and Moderna for the contract with the federal government. The final agreement was signed last month.

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The Ministry of Health did not report the total expenditure on purchasing vaccines of Moderna. Only the priority group formed by the elderly, indigenous people, health workers, immunosuppressed people, pregnant women, people with comorbidities and prisoners can receive the vaccine.