Slovakia Became the Second EU Country Purchasing the Sputnik V Vaccine

Prime Minister Igor Matovich announced his readiness to be vaccinated with the Russian vaccine Slovakia received the first batch of 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine, thus, becoming the second EU country to receive a Russian-made coronavirus vaccine. Slovakia ranked first in the world in terms of COVID-19 deaths per capita last week, according to Our World in Data website. Earlier, Hungary began vaccination with Sputnik V, despite the fact that the Russian vaccine has not yet received the approval of the EU regulator - the European Medicines Agency. “The purchase of the Russian vaccine was the right decision, since COVID-19 knows nothing about geopolitics,” said Prime Minister of Slovakia Igor Matovic. "I have no problem getting the Sputnik vaccine myself." Slovakia will purchase 2 million Sputnik V vaccines and expects half of this to arrive this month.