“The vaccine at present out there in each well being care unit in Brazil might have modified the lives of households who misplaced beloved ones within the pandemic,” stated the nation’s Well being Ministry

Well being Minister Nisia Trindade criticized former President Jair Bolsonaro for his dealing with of the pandemic. Bolsonaro, who grew to become ailing with COVID, later declined to take the coronavirus vaccine and flouted well being restrictions.

“We have now to take a look at the previous, however on the identical time we have now to say the well being ministry can’t make the error of not coordinating, not taking care, not treating (the illness). We should be united so new tragedies don’t occur,” Trindade stated.

Miguel Lago, govt director of Brazil’s Institute for Well being Coverage Research, which advises public well being officers, stated the determine is a reminder of the nation’s obligation to punish those that didn’t act in opposition to the virus or sabotaged those that had been attempting.

“There was direct accountability of public brokers, who might have answered to this in a a lot better vogue,” Lago advised The Related Press.