Criticism of Söder: Laschet against going it alone by federal states at Sputnik V

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North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has spoken out against federal states going it alone with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.

"I say no.

Because we have clear procedures and clear rules, ”he said on Thursday in a special session of the NRW state parliament in Düsseldorf on the subject of preliminary contracts, addressed to the SPD opposition.

In this phase in particular, it is important not to hit the headlines, but to stick to the procedures.

Russia is difficult to provide data.

Then the approval by the EU takes place, and then the European Commission decides, buy yes or no, so Laschet.

The tendency today is rather no.

Then the health ministers of the member states could agree on a possible purchase.

"When we are ready, the Federal Republic of Germany has to buy for all 16 countries, and it is not acceptable that we start a competition between the individual federal states about a vaccine that has not even been approved by the minute."

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) announced last week that the Free State would secure millions of doses of the drug before the possible EU approval of the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V.

This involves a preliminary contract with a production company in Illertissen, Swabia.

After approval, the Free State should receive 2.5 million vaccine doses.

According to the State Minister of Health Harry Glawe (CDU), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has also secured an option to Russia for one million of these vaccine doses.