Sputnik V might be used in Slovakia as of June

The Russian Sputnik V vaccine could well be used in Slovakia as of June, Health Minister Vladimír Lengvarský (an OĽaNO nominee) announced on Wednesday. Lengvarský expects the vaccine to be included in the country's vaccination programme. "We have a statement - consent to its use - definitively signed by the Russians. By paying an appropriate sum, the vaccine doses will become our property. I expect this vaccine to be included in the vaccination programme in early June as well," said the minister. The minister also said that the State Institute for the Supervision of Medicines (ŠÚKL) had no reservations towards the use of Sputnik V. Although Slovakia has not received all documents, it has acquired them from other sources, he added. Slovakia has 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine ready to use. The state should take over responsibility for its use.