Czech president blames country’s coronavirus deaths on refusal to use Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines

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President Miloš Zeman is calling for the county’s health minister and state drug agency director to be removed from office for rejecting the use of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, which has not yet received EU approval. In an interview on Wednesday, the Czech head of state also advocated not waiting for Brussels to act before using the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm.

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** This post was originally published on March 19, 2021 **