According to the schedule, the president will participate in a ceremony alongside Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, and Health Minister Alexandre Padilha.

The federal government allocated one billion reais (almost 191 million dollars) for expanding and modernizing the said complex, one of the leading centers of biomedical research in Latin America.

During the visit, Lula plans to tour the facilities where dengue vaccines are produced and will begin vaccinating primary care professionals of the Unified Health System (SUS) with the Butantan-DV injectable vaccine, developed and produced entirely in Brazil.

Official reports point out that the Health Ministry acquired 3.9 million doses of the vaccine, and the first deliveries will cover the entire country.

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