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“The worst thing is when it comes to politicizing vaccine problems.” It is obvious that the European Medicines Agency should approve the safety, efficacy and quality of the Sputnik vaccine, and then we have to think about how to ensure vaccination worldwide , including the entire European region, “Andriukaitis told a press conference on Tuesday.
According to him, several vaccines that have been approved as safe can be used in the 53 countries of the European region.
“To make the vaccination process as simple as possible, use as many healthy, safe and effective vaccines as possible. “Whether it is AstraZeneca, Sputnik or Pfizer, the threat of a pandemic is enormous and, in this case, human lives are paramount and everything else is secondary,” emphasized the WHO envoy to the European region.
Šimonytė: We will not use the Sputnik V vaccine
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė claims that Lithuania, which participated in the joint procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from the European Union (EU), has obtained the required quantity of vaccines. Therefore, according to the Prime Minister, it is not even necessary to consider the acquisition of the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”.
“Our vaccine portfolio consists of a series of vaccines that are already registered or that are already in the registration process. Some may not be registered in the near future, but others will appear and I am sure there is no need for us to consider this issue, ”I. Šimonytė told LRT radio.
“I believe that the decisions of Lithuania, which are taken jointly with the European Union countries on the joint procurement of vaccines, really guarantee the vaccination of our society, in addition to the vaccines that are produced outside the European Union and the countries they are not part of the Transatlantic Association, “he said. also emphasized.
Ingrida Šimonytė
The head of government believes that Russia’s ambition to sell the Sputnik V vaccine to Europe is related to geopolitical games.
“The effort to offer the vaccine to European countries and other countries when the Russian people have not yet been vaccinated seems like another geopolitical game, and I have no doubt about it,” he said.
Therefore, I. Šimonytė regrets that there are EU countries that want to buy Russian vaccines.
He has also said that Russia uses the Sputnik V vaccine “as a hybrid weapon to break and control.”
Presidency concludes: Lithuania will continue to buy Western vaccines
The Presidency, like the Government, is skeptical about the possibility of using Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines in Lithuania. According to Asta Skaisgirytė, the country’s top adviser, Lithuania has decided to buy Western vaccines, even if vaccines made in Russia have been approved by the European Medicines Agency.
“Lithuania has decided to buy vaccines manufactured in Western companies. They are already authorized by the European Medicines Agency or are in the process of authorization. We believe that we can be perfectly vaccinated with Western vaccines,” A. Skaisgirytė told “Žinių radiju” on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has expressed a very similar position regarding Sputink V. According to her, the Lithuanian vaccine portfolio consists of various vaccines produced by the company, therefore, the prime minister told LRT Radio on Tuesday, and not there is a need to consider the issue of purchasing vaccines produced in Russia.
According to A. Skaisgirytė, Russia and China use vaccines as an instrument of power in their foreign policy.
“This debate about the Russian vaccine or the Chinese vaccine is a kind of policy-making tool. I remember the president’s conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine, when the president of Ukraine made it very clear that the Russians were offering them the vaccine. Sputnik. But the Ukrainians want a western vaccine that everyone lacks. This is an illustrative example of the use of the vaccine in foreign policy as well, “he said, noting that in Lithuania it is expected to be vaccinated only with western vaccines.
“We hope to be vaccinated with Western vaccines,” he emphasized.
Asta Skaisgirytė
On the other hand, the adviser pointed out that, to her knowledge, Russia has not yet applied for the authorization of the Sputnik V vaccine in Europe.
“As far as I know, Russia has not yet applied to the European Medicines Agency for authorization of its vaccine.
If not approved, they are likely to pose a threat to the health of citizens and should not be used, ”concluded A. Skaisgirytė.
On Monday, the Russian Embassy in Lithuania reacted harshly to the opinion expressed on Friday by Prime Minister I. Šimonyt about the Russian COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V”. On Friday, I. Šimonytė spoke forcefully about Sputnik V, stating that the vaccine was offered by Russian President Vladimir Putin as another hybrid weapon to help Moscow divide and rule.
The Russian embassy called it disinformation and claimed that the Russian vaccine was “internationally recognized.”
“Despite a wave of misinformation and similar unsubstantiated accusations at all stages of the development and use of the vaccine, the internationally recognized data from Sputnik V speaks for itself. Mass vaccination is already taking place in Russia. And in Lithuania? ”It is written on the embassy’s Twitter account.
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