The government at its session on Wednesday tasked Health Minister Kamil Šaško (Hlas-SD) with asking the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) as soon as possible to prepare a comprehensive report on a quantitative analysis for the presence of DNA and other substances in selected retention batches of vaccines used against COVID-19 in Slovakia.
At the same time, the centre should draw up an expert opinion on the impact of substances present in the human body.
The cabinet also instructed the minister to stop accepting further vaccines against COVID-19 until the results of this report are presented.
In addition, the government tasked Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar with submitting a report by June 30 on the results of his probe into the procedures followed when managing resources during the pandemic.
The proposal for such steps was brought by Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD). Fico wants the government to draw the attention of Slovaks to the conclusions of the expert opinion presented by Kotlar.
Fico met on Tuesday with director of the State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL) Roman Dorcik. He wanted to consult on the further course of action on how to deal with the conclusions of the expert opinion on coronavirus vaccines submitted by Kotlar. "The expert opinion prepared by a registered expert from abroad states that the samples of vaccines used in Slovakia for vaccination against COVID-19 contained extremely high levels of DNA and substances, the presence of which the manufacturer didn't indicate in the relevant documentation," noted the Prime Minister.
In addition to the aforementioned assessment, only the Slovak Academy of Sciences and its expert workplaces can carry out further quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA in vaccines, opines Fico. "Tomorrow, the government could ask the relevant institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences to prepare such a quantitative analysis as soon as possible. Secondly, the government should, by a resolution, draw attention of Slovakia's citizens to the serious conclusions of the expert opinion, according to which the examined samples of vaccines from a particular manufacturer contained extremely high levels of DNA and substances that were not mentioned by the manufacturer in the relevant documentation," said the Premier.
Source: TASR
