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Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic apologised on Thursday after jokingly suggesting that Russia take a part of western Ukraine as payment for delivering doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to Slovakia.

16:05, 04.03.21 World 638 Earlier, the Slovak prime minister said he had promised Ukraines Zakarpattia region to Russia in exchange for the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Slovak PM apologizes for inappropriate joke about Zakarpattia region / REUTERS Prime Minister of Slovakia Igor Matovic, who has recently made a joke about Zakarpattia region, has apologized and said his countrys position on...

South Africa registered 856 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,514,815. A further 194 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 50,271.

1,745 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 305,880 cases. He also reports seven new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,148 deaths — 0.38% of the cumulative reported total, 0.41% of resolved cases. There are currently 2,276 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 280,707 patients recovered – 91.8% of the cumulative reported total. 11 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Perubatan, Jalan MP building site, Balakong ...

BBC News By Sarah Rainsford image captionLocal official Galina Bordadymova is proud of Russias scientific breakthrough When officials in Sputnik village announced recently that they would be offering Russias Sputnik V vaccine at the local clinic, just 28 pensioners signed up for a Covid jab. That endorsement was a political success, as well as a scientific one, for a prestige project loudly trumpeted by Moscow and openly doubted by many in the West. But while countries from Latin America to E...

3 Mar in 14:40 Slovakia was thrown into a political crisis over a secret deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine orchestrated by the country’s prime minister despite disagreement among his coalition partners. Prime Minister Igor Matovic defended the move, saying it was made in the public interest amid a surge of infections in one of the hardest hit European Union countries. Matovic said it wasnt the point where the vaccine is from but that "it saves lives." The move was m...

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Russian vaccine triggers government crisis in Slovakia According to Slovak media, the government of Slovakia purchased the Russian vaccine covertly. Supposedly, Matovic did not consult his colleagues in the ruling coalition when making the decision. On Monday, March 1, 200,000 out of two million ordered doses of Sputnik V arrived in Slovakia. The ruling coalition of Slovakia includes: Matovics party Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (25% of votes in the 2020 parliamentary elections,...

The political crisis in Slovakia deepened on Wednesday after a member of the ruling coalition demanded a reconstruction of the Cabinet.

Slovakia’s decision to purchase coronavirus vaccines from Russia sparked a political crisis that’s threatening to tear apart the ruling alliance.