Health The German state of Bavaria signs a contract to buy 2.5 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V
Germany is willing to negotiate a bilateral contract with the manufacturer of the Russian vaccine against Covid, said the Minister of Health,
Jens Spahn
, who also favored applying stricter confinement in the country.
Spahn specified that the eventual deliveries of the Russian vaccine would be made once the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued the corresponding authorization, according to the station WDR.
The minister added that the tightening that supports the measures against the spread of the pandemic would be lifted once lower numbers of new infections were registered again.
Spahn explained that
Russia "must supply data"
leading to the approval of the Sputnik vaccine by the EMA.
The minister added that he explained to his counterparts in the European Union (EU), in the meeting they held on Wednesday, that
Berlin is willing to speak "bilaterally" with Russia
and specified that first Moscow should specify how much Sputnik could be supplied.
Spahn indicated that, for the Russian vaccine to influence the development of the vaccination campaign in Germany,
Sputnik deliveries should occur "in the next two to four or five months"
and stated that he expects from Russia binding commitments on what quantities could reach Germany.
Spahn's statements come after the German state of
Bavaria announced
on Wednesday
that it will sign a preliminary agreement to buy 2.5 million
doses of the Russian vaccine, also conditional on European authorities approving its use.
The Prime Minister of the 'Land',
Markus Söder
, indicated that there has already been a "pre-negotiation" with the Russian authorities to receive these supplies, which are subject to the decisions of the EMA.
"It is an option, I insist. It is subject to that authorization," explained Söder, leader of the Bavarian Social Christian Union, a party twinned with Chancellor
Angela Merkel's
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
.
Minister Spahn's position on the tightening of restrictions in Germany comes after a spokeswoman for the federal government revealed on Wednesday that
Merkel is in favor of tougher measures on a temporary basis
.
The spokeswoman,
Ulrike Demmer,
specified that Merkel defends a new closure of German public life, of short duration but with unitary standards of action for the entire country.
This Thursday, a decrease in new infections was announced to
20,407 new cases with coronavirus in the last 24 hours -
almost 4,000 less than a week ago - and 306 fatalities - compared to 201 last Thursday -. Accumulated incidence in seven days fell to 105.7 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 110.1 yesterday and 134.2 a week ago.
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