Padilha calls on the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) to analyze a post by Secom (Special Secretariat for Social Communication) regarding the use of chloroquine against Covid-19.
Federal Deputy Alexandre Padilha (PT-SP) emphasizes that the publication "violates the principles to be observed by public body communications, including disseminating false information that represents a risk to the lives of millions of Brazilians."
247 - Brazilian Congressman Alexandre Padilha (PT-SP) has requested that the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) analyze the advertising campaign by the Jair Bolsonaro government that advocated the use of the drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19, whose effectiveness has not yet been proven. scientific studiesThe advertisement was broadcast on the official Twitter account of Social Communication Secretariat (Secom).
According to Padilha, the investigation by the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) should be initiated because the publication "violates the principles to be observed by public bodies in their communications, including disseminating false information that poses a risk to the lives of millions of Brazilians."
The post, which has since been deleted from social media, stated, "The Ministry of Health has adopted a new protocol for prescribing..."
Chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine. The drug, which is already being used in various parts of the world, is considered the most promising in the fight against Covid-19," accompanied by an image that classifies the drug as "the most effective treatment against the coronavirus."