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A box of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, in Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Slovakia has become the second European Union country to authorize use of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. The Slovak government has asked Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky to make the COVID-19 vaccine available by June 7. Slovakia has 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine in stock but had not allowed its use yet. Hungary is the only other EU nation to use Sputnik V, which has not been authorized by the European Medicines Agency. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)

Slovakia becomes 2nd EU country to approve Russia's Sputnik

May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sit in a table at the local vaccine center in Dunajska Streda, southern Slovakia, March 14, 2021. The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine should remain part of Slovakia’s vaccination program the country’s Health Minister said on Wednesday, May 12. Slovakia on Tuesday halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine after Slovakia’s State Institute for Drug Control concluded last week that the death of a 47-year-old woman who received the AstraZeneca was “likely” linked to the vaccine. (Edmund Orzsik/TASR via AP)

Slovakia plans to keeping using AstraZeneca despite pause

May. 12, 2021 09:01 AM EDT

Slovakia halts use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

May. 11, 2021 12:13 PM EDT
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia has halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. ...

FILE - In this March 1, 2021, file photo, Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia. Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism because of its insufficient testing on only a few dozen people. Slovakia’s government is still set to discuss possible use of Sputnik V with Russia after the coronavirus vaccine was successfully tested in a Hungarian lab. Slovakia’s Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky said he will talk with his country’s experts and “the Russian side about the further development on this issue.” (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP, File)

Slovakia eyes using Russia's Sputnik V; waits for results

May. 09, 2021 08:07 AM EDT

Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger, addresses lawmakers in the parliament in Bratislava, Tuesday May 4, 2021. Eduard Heger's Cabinet obtained a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday. (Jakub Kotian / TASR via AP)

Slovakia's new government wins mandatory confidence vote

May. 04, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, right, appoints members of the new Government to be headed by Prime Minister Eduard Heger, left, in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Thursday April 1, 2021. Slovakia’s president Caputova has sworn in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. (Martin Baumann/TASR via AP)

New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine

Apr. 01, 2021 04:55 AM EDT

Prime Minister Igor Matovic, front, announces the resignation of Health Minister Marek Krajci, left, in Bratislava, Thursday March 11, 2021. Two parties in Slovakiaâ€™s ruling coalition called Monday March 15, 2021, on populist prime minister Matovic to step down amidst a government crisis triggered two weeks ago by a secret deal to acquire Russiaâ€™s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, orchestrated by Matovic. (Pavel Neubauer/TASR via AP)

Slovak coalition party completes withdrawal from government

Mar. 25, 2021 08:32 AM EDT

Slovak president asks premier to resign as way out of crisis

Mar. 23, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Hard-hit Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The country's prime minister says Slovakia will get one million shots in next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)

Head of Slovakia party resigns over crisis around Sputnik V

Mar. 22, 2021 12:06 PM EDT

Pope Francis speaks to journalists, Monday, March 8, 2021, while flying back to The Vatican at the end of his four-day trip to Iraq where he met with different Christian communities and Shiite revered cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. At right pope's spokesperson Matteo Bruni. (AP Photo/Yara Nardi, pool)

Pope weighed Iraq virus risk but believes God will protect

By Nicole Winfield And Samya Kullab Mar. 08, 2021 01:55 AM EST

A Holocaust survivor receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the COVID-19 disease, at a vaccination center on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia were poised to get their first coronavirus vaccinations on Wednesday to acknowledge their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than 1 million Jews and others. The vaccinations were also offered to all other Jews in the area older than 85. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

'We owe this to them': Shoah survivors in vaccine spotlight

By Kirsten Grieshaber And Philipp Jenne Jan. 27, 2021 03:25 AM EST

People wearing face makes to protect against the COVIS-19 walk at Trocadero plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitors

By The Associated Press Dec. 26, 2020 12:51 AM EST

Slovakia's manager Stefan Tarkovic reacts during the Euro 2020 playoff semifinal soccer match between Northern Ireland and Slovakia at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Slovakia hires Stefan Tarkovic as coach, removes interim tag

Dec. 01, 2020 12:41 PM EST

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:31 PM EST
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:22 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

In the file picture taken on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, Czech Republic coach Jaroslav Silhavy gestures during the Euro 2020 group A qualifying soccer match between Kosovo and Czech Republic, at Fadil Vokrri stadium in Pristina, Kosovo. A staff member of the Czech national soccer team was tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the start of the UEFA Nations League campaign. The Czech team said on Wednesday Sept. 2, 2020, that all the other members of the team, including the players and coaches, tested negative in additional testing. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu/File)

Czech team staff member tests positive for coronavirus

Sep. 02, 2020 10:28 AM EDT

A member of the UEFA staff carries the Champions League trophy before the semifinal soccer match between RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (David Ramos/Pool Photo via AP)

Slovak club fights UEFA at CAS over Champions League forfeit

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 26, 2020 06:13 AM EDT

Slovakian club forfeits CL qualifier over virus cases

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 24, 2020 02:58 PM EDT

Player virus case hits 4th game in UEFA qualifying rounds

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 20, 2020 11:39 AM EDT

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...