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Since February 25, the phone has not been silent at the San Marino hospital. Last week the enclave received the first shipment of the Russian vaccine. 7,500 vials with “Sputnik V” rolled over the mini-state border. That did not go unnoticed.
“Since the media reported on it, we have been receiving inquiries from abroad,” Franco Cavalli, San Marino press spokesman, told VIEW. Diary. There are hundreds. “It is mostly Italians who want to register for a vaccine,” the press spokesperson continued, “especially from the neighboring region of Emilia Romagna. But there are also Germans, French and, of course, Swiss. “He himself had a Ticino at stake. He is not an older man, but rather a young man.
Vaccination tourists want to travel to San Marino
Franco Cavalli suspects that people want to get vaccinated quickly. “They want to come to San Marino and pay well for the Russian vaccination.” There were even dealers there. “An Italian wanted to buy us 100 cans,” recalls Cavalli. But the answer is always the same, regardless of the language. “We tell everyone that only the citizens of San Marino are entitled to the Sputnik vaccine,” said the San Marino Social Security Institute.
The dwarf nation of 30,000 is a sovereign state and not a member of the EU. Because manufacturers Biontech / Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca did not deliver their vaccines on time, San Marino ordered directly from Moscow. Successfully.
“Sputnik V” is only given to locals
Last Thursday, at 1:15 p.m., the first truck arrived at the enclave. On board: 7,500 vials of the Russian vaccine. According to a recognized medical study, “Sputnik V” is 91.6 percent safe and as effective as competitor products from Moderna and Biontech / Pfizer.
The vaccination started the next day. Hospital staff first, then those over 75, then high-risk patients, and finally the rest of the retirees. “The first installment is enough for between 17 and 18 percent of our population,” Chancellor Luca Beccari (47) told Euronews. Not enough for vaccination tourists.
