Decision on vaccine passport will be interministerial, says minister

The Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, said on Tuesday (7) that the decision on the requirement for a vaccine passport for the entry of tourists in Brazil will be an inter-ministerial decision.

"We will, within a brief space, pass on the Ministry of Health's position, but it will be a position in line with what the federal government has adopted since the beginning of the pandemic", he added.

According to the minister, the decision-making process involves a first analysis, already carried out by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), and then an inter-ministerial analysis.

“It's not a question of being for or against. These are technical analyzes that are carried out. It is necessary to expand people's access to the vaccine before wanting to curtail individual freedoms”, he explained.

According to Queiroga, a meeting with the minister of the Civil House, Ciro Nogueira, should take place today in Brasília to discuss the matter. "We are going to quickly take a position to resolve this issue," he said.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.