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Blockade of roads by truck drivers that began on Sunday night, after the election results, and remains until today, retained about 520 eggs used in the production of flu vaccine
A load of approximately 520 eggs used to produce flu shots, developed by the Butantan Institute, is stuck in the roadblocks made by truck drivers near Jundiaí, in the interior of São Paulo.
According to information from the Butantan Institute, if the products did not arrive at the institution by the end of this morning (1st), the vaccine production process could be impacted, causing a loss of 1 million doses of immunization against the Influenza.
The Butantan Institute provides, per year, 80 million doses of flu vaccine to the Ministry of Health. The doses will be used to immunize Brazilians, preventing serious cases of the disease, especially among the elderly and children.
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STF decision on roadblocks by truck drivers
O minister of the stf (Federal Supreme Court) Alexandre de Moraes authorized, this Tuesday morning, the action of the Military Police (PM) agents to act on state and federal highways to immediately clear the roads and prevent the difficulty of passing vehicles.
The Supreme Court minister also authorized the Military Police to identify trucks used to block roads, so that a fine of R$ 100 per hour and arrest in flagrante are applied.
Start of roadblocks
Demonstrations by truck drivers in favor of the current government began on Sunday, the 30th, after the result of the election results, which guaranteed victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), with 50,9% of the valid votes, against 49,1 .XNUMX% of current President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
In the early hours of Monday, the 31st, truck drivers remained with the roadblocks and closed both directions of the Presidente Dutra highway, which connects the city of São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro.
Already on the morning of this Tuesday, 1, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) declared that there are 270 occurrences on the roads, 183 of which are interdictions and 87 blockades, in 22 states and in the DF.
Was there voter fraud?
According to information, the truck drivers who blocked the roads are contesting the election results, suggesting electoral fraud, and some of them are asking for military intervention.
Since 1996, when the electronic polls began to be implemented in Brazil, no case of electoral fraud has ever been proven. And, to corroborate this fact, the TSE invited a record number of international observers and foreign authorities who contribute to the transparency of the Brazilian electoral system.
The head of the electoral observation mission sent by the Inter-American Union of Electoral Bodies (Uniore) to Brazil, Lorenzo Córdova, defended the Brazilian electoral system and ruled out the possibility of fraud.
