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Rostock / Schwerin (dpa / mv) - The economy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is increasingly impatient in view of the still rather slow vaccination pace and is pushing for the rapid use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. «So that we can find our way back to a reasonably normal life, which for many It is vital for tradespeople to move ahead quickly with the vaccinations, ”emphasized the President of the Rostock Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Klaus-Jürgen Strupp.

Every opportunity should be used to increase the amount of vaccines available.

"Vaccination is the best way to promote business," he said.

Strupp called on the Prime Ministers of the East German federal states to use the traditionally good contacts with Russia and to try to get the Sputnik V vaccine.

He firmly expects that such an approach will find the support of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in East Germany.

So far, he has heard from politicians that placing orders is not that easy.

"We know this.

But the same applies here: let's try it, ”said Strupp, who advocated going unbureaucratic ways.

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz already announced the order for the Russian corona vaccine for his country immediately after Easter.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) had declared that she was in favor of vaccinations with the Russian preparation Sputnik V if it proved to be safe and effective.

Any vaccine that meets these criteria will get the country ahead.

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At the end of March, Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin about possible cooperation on vaccines.

The video exchange also dealt with Sputnik V, whose EU approval the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has to decide, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.

The Russian pharmaceutical company

R-Pharm

plans to produce the vaccine in Illertissen, Bavaria, from June or July.

The government in Schwerin had

discussed

the construction of a vaccine production facility in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

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