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Slovakia's health minister said on Thursday he would resign to help defuse a row over coronavirus vaccine shipments that rocked the four-party ruling coalition as the country battles the world's second highest per capita COVID-19 death rate.

Krajci’s resignation was requested after coalition partners disagreed with his decision to acquire Sputnik V.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read PRAGUE, March 11 (Reuters) - Slovak Health Minister Marek Krajci said on Thursday he would resign, as the government tries to move past a coalition row while it tackling one of the world’s most severe rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths. Slovakia’s four-party ruling coalition was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Igor Matovic bypassed partners and ordered shipments of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Reporting by Robert Muller and Ja...

Intensive care cases climb in the Czech Republic as infections in Hungary reach a new high.

Slovak PM says lives at stake as he pushes EU to speed up vaccine approvals

The Czech Republic and Slovakia, both under severe pressure from the coronavirus pandemic, will each receive an extra 100,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from their European Union partners.

Slovakia will get 15,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from France, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Thursday.

Ukraine denounces ‘insulting’ joke from Slovakia PM Published on Share Ukraine on Thursday reacted furiously to a joke by Slovakia’s prime minister that part of the country should be handed over to Russia in exchange for deliveries of coronavirus vaccines. In an interview earlier this week with local broadcaster Radio Expres, Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovic was asked what he had promised to Russia in exchange for the delivery of its Sputnik V vaccine...

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic has rejected the possibility of returning Sputnik V supplies to Russia, saying that the effective jab will be used to save lives in the country no matter the split in the government.

Sweden moves towards eliminating upper age limit on AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine  From CNN’s James Frater and Henrik Pettersson  Syringes are loaded with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine at the Skane University Hospital vaccination centre in Malmo, Sweden, on February 17. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images The Swedish Health Authority, Folkhälsomyndigheten, recommended eliminating the upper age limit for use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. This would allow it to be used on ...