According to the Prime Minister of Saxony Kretschmer, Germany plans to purchase 30 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. The prerequisite is approval by the EU medicines authority EMA.
According to Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, Germany wants to purchase 30 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. “We want to buy three times ten million cans – in June, July and August – Sputnik V,” said the CDU politician after a conversation with Russian Health Minister Mikhail Muraschko in Moscow. The prerequisite, however, is approval by the European Medicines Agency. EMA approval forms the necessary basis of trust. It would be a great success if approval were granted in May, said Kretschmer. There is currently an EMA delegation in Moscow. The Russian Minister of Health has assured that they want to achieve this approval together. “The minister is in good spirits, and so are we.”
Kretschmer: Great approval in Saxony
Kretschmer assumes that the Russian vaccine will enjoy great approval in Saxony. If the delivery works, the federal state would receive 500,000 cans in each of the three months according to the distribution key of the federal states. “We will see whether the approval everywhere is as high as in Saxony and the new federal states for the vaccine – maybe we will get more then,” said Kretschmer, alluding to possible reservations in western federal states. Kretschmer himself wants to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in the coming week. He deliberately wanted to show that this vaccine was safe, he said. On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the fact that some EU countries were already using Sputnik V without EMA approval. Health Minister Jens Spahn announced negotiations on the purchase after countries such as Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had negotiated independently with the Russian manufacturer. In Germany, the federal government is responsible for the procurement of vaccines.
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