The goal of 15% of children vaccinated with the first dose against Covid, promoted on Tuesday (8) by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, actually shows the slow pace of a campaign that is far below the capacity of the National Program of Immunizations.
Folha's analysis shows that the country took 23 days to achieve this coverage last weekend. It was nearly triple the time of that of Canada, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay (8 to 9 days), according to official data.
The study also revealed that Brazil is near the bottom in a ranking proportional among 10 countries that have made vaccination data available by date and age—Germany, USA, the United States and Italy, were mentioned.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon