According to TASS, he made a statement during a visit to a vaccination center in Paris.

“The situation with the coronavirus is improving.

We have all the necessary funds to move on to the next stage of overcoming the crisis, ”Kasteks said.

He also added that by the evening of May 15, the number of those who received the first dose of the vaccine will reach 20 million.

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the French side does not plan to use the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine against new strains of coronavirus, preferring drugs from other manufacturers.