German Chancellor Angela Merkel made independent procurement of Germany of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus “Satellite V” if the European Union does not reach a general solution. She stated this during a press conference following the meeting with the heads of the German regions on the topic of vaccination against coronavirus, TASS reports.
According to Merkel, Europe should use any vaccine admitted by the European Medicine Agency (EMA). “If the case does not reach such European purchases, and the signs that this happens, no, we will have to go through the German path alone,” she added.
Earlier, on March 19, Angela Merkel stated that it was ready to hurt a vaccine against the coronavirus company Astrazeneca, but awaits his turn.
Before that, the representative of the European Commission (EC) was given a spinant announced the beginning of the third wave of coronavirus in Europe. She noted that in different countries the pace of distribution of the disease is different. Nevertheless, she called on to speed up the vaccination process. At the same time, the Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany Jens Schpppe warned about the lack of vaccines in Europe to prevent the third wave. According to him, even if the supply of vaccines in the EU stabilize, at least a few weeks will fall on vaccination of all risk groups.
March 15, the daily increase in new COVID-19 in Europe in Europe has reached record indicators since the beginning of February, which led to the resumption of restrictions, curfew and even actual locked in some countries.