Ministry denies external invasion for registration of vaccine in system

The Ministry of Health reported, this Wednesday (3), that all information entered in the registration system of immunizations of the Unified Health System (SUS) is traceable and made through registration. According to the folder, there is no report of external invasion or access without registration to the system. The statement comes amid Operation Venire, launched earlier by the Federal Police, which is investigating the insertion of false vaccination data against covid-19 in the ministry’s systems. Sixteen search and seizure warrants and six preventive arrest warrants were issued in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. Among the six arrested this morning is Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, former assistant to former President Jair Bolsonaro. In a note, the Ministry of Health stressed that it maintains a “routine for your safety” and that it regularly undergoes audits. The portfolio added that, since the beginning of the investigations, it has maintained a conduct in line with the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) and in line with the Law on Access to Information. “The Ministry of Health informs that it collaborates with the investigations of the Federal Police in the form of the law and remains available to the authorities.” Operation Venire The residence of former president Jair Bolsonaro was the target of one of the search and seizure warrants executed by the Federal Police this Wednesday morning. The agents also collected Bolsonaro’s cell phone. “I never said that I took the vaccine [de covid-19]. I have never been asked for a vaccination card in the United States. There is no tampering on my part,” said the former president, as he left his residence in Brasília, accompanied by lawyers. Among the six arrested in the operation is Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former aide. was confirmed by the defense of the former advisor. According to the Federal Police, the insertions of false data took place between November 2021 and December 2022 and resulted in “the alteration of the truth about a legally relevant fact, that is, the condition of immunized against the beneficiaries’ covid-19″. “With this, such people were able to issue the respective vaccination certificates and use them to circumvent the current health restrictions imposed by public authorities (Brazil and the United States) aimed at preventing the spread of contagious disease”, completed the corporation.

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